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Issei preparing farm for mass removal

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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-151-270 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i151-00270)

PARENT COLLECTION

Dorothea Lange Collection

DESCRIPTION

Original caption: Woodland, California. This mother of Japanese ancestry is ready with her family of ten, to leave their farm the following morning in compliance with Civilian Exclusion Order. The figure in the background is a Negro laborer employed by the new tenants who have taken over the farm and are now operating it.

DATE

20-May-42

LOCATION

Woodland, California

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration

RIGHTS

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