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img Baggage on sidewalk (ddr-densho-151-268)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Bed roll and baggage of evacuees of Japanese ancestry awaiting shipment from the Wartime Civil Control Administration station to an assembly center.

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img Members of the Central Raw Silk Association of Japan (ddr-densho-300-252)

Caption in album: "The Central Raw Silk Association of Japan. Japanese Pavilion, Treasure Island, San Francisco, California. Mr. M. Shirai, Manager; Miss Rui Kirino; Miss Shizuko Mitsui."

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img Last San Francisco family arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-158)

Original caption: San Bruno, California. The last family off of the bus from San Francisco, have just arrived at this assembly center which will be their home until relocation centers inland have been established and are ready for occupancy.

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img Farewell letter posted in Chinatown shop (ddr-densho-151-118)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Letter of appreciation posted in window of Pacific Dry Goods Company, 434-440 Grant Avenue, in San Francisco's Chinatown. Evacuees of Japanese descent will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Farewell letter posted in Chinatown restaurant (ddr-densho-151-117)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Farewell letter posted in show window of T.Z. Shiota, importer in San Francisco's Chinatown, prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Two friends awaiting mass removal (ddr-densho-151-114)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Two friends play final game while awaiting evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese descent are being housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Mass removal registration (ddr-densho-151-79)

Original WRA caption: San Francisco, California. Father and son register for evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Bus leaving for Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-263)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. This bus loaded with evacuees of Japanese ancestry, is bound for Tanforan Assembly center on the first day of evacuation of the Japanese quarter.

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img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-134)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. The residents of Japanese appear at 2031 Bush Street, for information on evacuation. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Japanese Americans boarding up their store (ddr-densho-151-234)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Owners of Japanese ancestry board up windows of their stores prior to evacuation. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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vh Norm Hayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-468)

Sansei male. Born September 11, 1939, in Oakland, California. Grandfather, father, and other family members established a nursery business in San Francisco, California prior to World War II. During the war, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to San Francisco and …

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img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-133)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. The residents of Japanese ancestry appear at 2031 Bush Street for information on evacuation. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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vh Marion I. Masada Interview (ddr-manz-1-155)

Nisei female. Born in California. Grew up in Salinas, California. During World War II, incarcerated in the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, lived and worked in San Francisco for a time before moving to Ogden, Utah.

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img Japanese American family waiting for the bus (ddr-densho-151-106)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. The family unit in kept intact in various phases of evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. ...A view at Wartime Civil Control Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, on April 6, 1942, when first group of 664 was evacuated from San Francisco. The family unit likewise is preserved in War Relocation …

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img Japanese American family waiting for the bus (ddr-densho-151-107)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. The family unit is kept intact in various phases of evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. ...A view at Wartime Civil Contril Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, on April 6, 1942, when first group of 664 was evacuated from San Francisco. The family unit likewise is preserved at War Relocation …

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img Posted exclusion orders (ddr-densho-151-77)

Original WRA caption: San Francisco, California. On a brick wall beside air raid shelter poster, exclusion orders were posted at First and Front Streets directing removal of persons of Japanese ancestry from first San Francisco section to be affected by evacuation. The order was issued April 1, 1942, by Lieutenant General J.L. DeWitt, and directed evacuation …

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img Father and son preparing for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-273)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Dave Tatsuno, graduate of University of California in 1936, is making preparations for evacuation which is due in a few days. In packing his possessions, he came across college notes and is shown re-reading them.

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img Child looking out of bus window (ddr-densho-151-174)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. A young evacuee looks out the window of bus before it starts for Tanforan Assembly center. Evacuees will be transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Nisei boys on doorstep (ddr-densho-151-214)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. High School boys look over Buchanan Street scene, prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Laundry business preparing to close (ddr-densho-151-304)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Everywhere in the Japanese quarter are evidence of the coming evacuation. This is a laundry and cleaning business which is just winding up its affairs prior to evacuation.

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vh Dave Tatsuno Interview II (ddr-densho-1005-4)

Nisei male. Born March 31, 1913, in San Francisco, California. Spent difficult childhood years in San Francisco under care of a guardian while family lived in Japan. Graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley before World War II. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and then to Topaz concentration …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 20 (November 13, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-45)

Selected article titles: "California rejects textbook" (p. 1), "Methodists hear role of ethnic church stressed" (p. 1), "Japan born man slain on street in San Francisco" (p. 1), "American Samoa tuna canneries neglect fishermen, says doctor" (p. 1), "San Francisco opening attracts 350 Asian pickets in heavy rain" (p. 1), "Young thugs victimize Japanese dwelling in …

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img Issei woman boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-261)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Friends and neighbors congregate to bid farewell, though not for long, to their friends who are enroute to the Tanforan Assembly center. They, themselves will be evacuated within three days.

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img Japanese Americans waiting in line for inoculations (ddr-densho-151-131)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Waiting in line, 2031 Bush Street, for voluntary inoculation against typhoid, preceding evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-100)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry file forms containing personal data, two days before evacuation, at Wartime Civil Control Administration station. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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