253 items
253 items
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Assembly center gate (ddr-densho-151-56)
Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. A sign at the main entrance of the Tanforan Assembly center, through which all traffic passes. The gate is guarded and controlled by United States soldiers.
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Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Isao Tanaka (ddr-densho-498-38)
Letter to Robert Inglis from Isao Tanaka explaining that most of the people from Tanforan Assembly Center have been or will be transported to Topaz, Utah. Tanaka thanks Inglis for his kindness.
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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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Young girl with baggage (ddr-densho-151-462)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Young evacuee of Japanese ancestry guarding the family belongings near the Wartime Civil Control Administration station. In half an hour the evacuation bus will depart for Tanforan Assembly center.
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Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 5 (ddr-densho-156-245)
Article titles: "Jap Wife Returns to Orange County"; "Japanese Evacuees May Attend Midwest Schools"; "Korematsuat Tanforan Assembly Center"; "Beet Growers Recruit Japs"; "U.S. Seeks Teachers at Japanese Center"; "U.S. Court Acts to Obtain Jap Camp Site"; "Jap Labor Asked"; "High Wages at Jap Center Said Cause of Labor Shortage"; "4,200 Japs to Move from Tanforan"; "Two …
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Japanese American man showing "evacuation tag" (ddr-densho-151-172)
Original caption: Hayward, California. Farmer of Japanese ancestry is showing his identification card to a Wartime Civil Control Administration Control Dispatcher as he is about to board the special bus for Tanforan Assembly center.
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Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Masayoshi Wakai and George Aki (ddr-densho-498-31)
Letter to Robert Inglis from Masaysohi Wakai and George Akai thanking him for his support in their successful ordination of ministry. They express how they are performing their ministry duties at Tanforan Assembly Center.
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Japanese Americans in mess hall line (ddr-densho-151-44)
Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. View of the Tanforan Assembly Center, showing a type of barrack peculiar to the center. Also shown in part of a line-up of evacuees waiting for places in the mess hall for their noon meal.
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Drawing of the view from the top of the grandstand at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-12)
Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This is a portion of the landscape which could be seen from the top of the grandstand across the broad highway. Somehow, it made one feel better when he climbed the long stair to sit alone and look out on the hills. It was so beautiful and such a relief from …
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Drawing of the San Francisco sign on the hills outside of Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-9)
Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This is a scene drawn from the porch where my cousins lived. The huge sign up on the [?] hills were late blacked out as a precaution against possible air raids. Out over the fence about a mile along can be seen the old dog race grounds. The huge wooden grandstand …
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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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Japanese Americans arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-155)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Family of Japanese ancestry arrives at assembly center at Tanforan Race track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.
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Japanese Americans arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-159)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Families of Japanese ancestry arrive at assembly center at Tanforan Race Track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.
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Japanese Americans boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-260)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. One more busload about to depart from the Japanese quarter of San Francisco to the Tanforan Assembly center. The Japanese onlookers will themselves have been evacuated within a few days.
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Japanese Americans arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-160)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Family of Japanese ancestry arrives at assembly center at Tanforan Race Track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.
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Japanese American family arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-154)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Family of Japanese ancestry arrives at assembly center at Tanforan Race track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.
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Japanese American family arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-156)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Family of Japanese ancestry arrives at assembly center at Tanforan Race Track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.
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Japanese Americans arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-161)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Families of Japanese ancestry arrive at assembly center at Tanforan Race Track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.
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Young Japanese American during mass removal (ddr-densho-151-40)
Original WRA caption: Hayward, California. A young evacuee looks out the window of the evacuation bus before it starts for Tanforan Assembly Center. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
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Rev. Robert Inglis Collection (ddr-densho-498)
Reverend Robert Inglis provided kindness and charity to Japanese Americans as they were being removed from Oakland, California to Tanforan Temporary Assembly Center, Topaz War Relocation Center, and Jerome War Relocation Center. The bulk of this collection is correspondence from Japanese Americans thanking Rev. Robert Inglis for his help during their removal. Reverend Inglis also communicated …
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Japanese Americans waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-199)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Farm families of Japanese ancestry awaiting the evacuation buses which will take them to the Tanforan Assembly center along with 595 others evacuated from this district under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 34.
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Assembly center new arrivals (ddr-densho-151-58)
Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. Families of Japanese ancestry arrive at assembly center at Tanforan Race Track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.
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Nisei girl with baggage (ddr-densho-151-326)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Kimiko Kitagaki, young evacuee guarding the family baggage prior to departure by bus in one half hour to Tanforan Assembly center. Her father was, until evacuation, in the cleaning and dyeing business.
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Hideo Iyeki's car captain designation (ddr-densho-392-57)
Form designating Hideo Iyeki as a car caption for a group of incarcerees during their transfer from Tanforan Assembly Center to Topaz concentration camp. Includes a list of all families in Group No. 11, Movement No. 18.
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Marriage license application for Susumu Tomine and Tomoe Otsu (ddr-ajah-6-945)
Caption below photo: Susumu Tomine (of San Francisco, CA) and fianc?e Tomoe Otsu's (of Alameda, CA) application for a license to marry, August 5, 1942. He had contracted Tuberculosis and was living at the Hassler Health Home in Redwood City, CA. Tomoe had already evacuated to the Tanforan Assembly Center. They were hastily married in Tanforan.