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White townspeople saying goodbye

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ddr-densho-151-292 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i151-00292)

Dorothea Lange Collection

Original caption: Woodland, California. The departure of persons of Japanese ancestry by special train for Merced Assembly center brought many of their Caucasian friends to the station on this morning when they were being evacuated. Woodland is situated in the rich agricultural Sacramento Valley about ten miles northwest of Sacramento, California.

20-May-42

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