PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-36-17 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i36-00017)

PARENT COLLECTION

Museum of History & Industry Collection

DESCRIPTION

Ritsuko Terayama (left) and Sumiko Furuta as they leave the island on a ferryboat. (Lucille Galbraith, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC). On March 30, 1942, Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island became one of the first groups to be excluded, presumably because of their proximity to the Puget Sound Navy Yard (Terminal Island, near Los Angeles, California, was the first area evacuated). Bainbridge Island Japanese American residents were given one week to sell or store their belongings and find caretakers for their farms.

CONTRIBUTOR

Museum of History & Industry

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection (number PI-28056), Museum of History & Industry

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