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Issei preparing farm for mass removal

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

Dorothea Lange Collection

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.

20-May-42

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