Japanese Americans waving goodbye from train
PARTNER
Densho
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OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-151-299 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i151-00299)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Original caption: Woodland, Yolo County, California. Ten cars of evacuees of Japanese ancestry are now aboard and the doors are closed. Their Caucasian friends and the staff of the Wartime Civil Control Administration stations are watching the departure from the platform. Evacuees are leaving their homes and ranches, in a rich agricultural district, bound for Merced Assembly center about 125 miles away.
DATE
20-May-42
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Lange, Dorothea (photographer)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration
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