Japanese American family waiting for bus
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-151-449 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i151-00449)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Original caption: Byron, California. As families of Japanese ancestry evacuated from farms in Contra Costa County, they gathered at Wartime Civil Control Administration station and awaited buses for assembly center at Turlock Fairgrounds, 65 miles away. Evacuees will be transferred later from assembly centers to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration. Boy in background is a spectator.
DATE
2-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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