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img Mess hall (ddr-densho-151-433)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Messhall #16 at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. An evacuee of 290 persons are fed three meals a day in each messhall, and all work is done by the evacuees themselves.

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img Japanese American working in garden (ddr-densho-151-372)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuee in her "hobby garden" which rates highest of all the garden plots at this War Relocation Authority center. Vegetables for their own use are grown in plots 10 x 50 feet between rows of barracks.

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img Japanese Americans watching baseball game (ddr-densho-151-392)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees watching a baseball game at this War Relocation Authority center. This is a very popular recreation with 80 teams having been formed throughout the Center. Most of the playing is done between the barrack blocks.

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doc Memo from Vernon R. Kennedy, Relocation Supervisor, War Relocation Authority to all project directors, March 15, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-980)

Memorandum of understanding from Vernon Kennedy to All Project Directors regarding employment opportunities and the Job Summary report from the Chicago area. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0982

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doc Memo from Vernon R. Kennedy, Relocation Supervisor, War Relocation Authority, to all project directors, April 1, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-987)

Memorandum of understanding from Vernon Kennedy to All Project Directors regarding job opportunities for "resettlers," farming, and housing in the Chicago area. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0989

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doc Memo from Vernon R. Kennedy, Relocation Supervisor, War Relocation Authority, to all Project Directors, May 1, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-838)

Memorandum of understanding from Vernon Kennedy to All Project Directors regarding employment opportunities for Issei "resettlers" in the Chicago area. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0840

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doc Memo from Vernon R. Kennedy, Relocation Supervisor, War Relocation Authority, to all Project Directors, February 9, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-812)

Memorandum of understanding from Vernon Kennedy to All Project Directors regarding job opportunities for "resettlers" in the Midwest region. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0814

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img Government worker interviewing father and son (ddr-densho-151-218)

Original caption: Lodi, California. Father and son give pre-evacuation information at wartime Civil Control Administration Station. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Issei man arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-157)

Original caption: San Bruno, Calfiornia. Evacuee of Japanese ancestry arrives at this Assembly center where he and approximately 8,000 others will remain until transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Barbecue prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-447)

Original caption: Mountain View, California. A pre-evacuation barbecue on a farm in Santa Clara County, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Close-out sale at nursery (ddr-densho-151-305)

Original caption: Berkeley, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry are closing out their businesses in preparation for the coming evacuation. They will be moved into War Relocation Authority centers to spend the duration.

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img Construction of Pomona Assembly Center (ddr-densho-37-390)

Original WRA caption: Pomona, California. General view of assembly center being constructed on Pomona Fairgrounds, for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be assigned to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Reclamation project superintendent showing camp site (ddr-densho-37-252)

Original WRA caption: Beauford Hayden, Superintendent of Reclamation Project, displaying chart showing the location of the site selected for a War Relocation Authority center for the housing of evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Military policeman patrolling camp fence (ddr-densho-37-483)

Original WRA caption: Arcadia, California. Military police patrol fence around Santa Anita Park assembly center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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doc Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, to J. Flores, March 1943 (ddr-csujad-51-2)

Correspondence between Dillon S. Myer, Director of War Relocation Authority, and Long Beach resident J. Flores. In the letter, War Relocation Authority is requesting character verification for Shigetoshi Sugiyama, a Japanese American who listed Flores as a reference when applying to leave the incarceration camp. WRA-140. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

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doc Fortune Magazine article: "Issei, Nisei, Kibei" (ddr-densho-274-19)

This article discusses the problems created by the mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans. It also critiques the policies of the War Relocation Authority (WRA), in particular the idea of "protective custody."

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doc Camp permission slip (ddr-densho-390-122)

A permission slip for Walter Matsuoka to attend Civilian Conservation Corps camp, through the Boy Scouts of America, in exchange for helping the War Relocation Authority in tearing down buildings and acquiring lumber.

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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 Issei farmer and government employee discuss mass removal (ddr-densho-151-136)

Original caption: Hayward, California. Harry Konda, farmer, discusses evacuation details with a representation of the Farm Security Administration. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-225)

Original caption: Turlock, California. Baggage is inspected as families arrive at Turlock assembly center. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.

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img Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-220)

Original caption: Turlock, California. Baggage is inspected as families arrive at Turlock assembly center. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend 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 Barracks construction (ddr-densho-37-572)

Original WRA caption: Pomona, California. Workmen erecting barracks for evacuees of Japanese ancestry at assembly center on Pomona Fair grounds. Evacuees will be assigned later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Unloading beds (ddr-densho-37-474)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Apache Indians assist in the unloading of beds for evacuees of Japanese ancestry at this War Relocation Authority center which is located on the Colorado River Indian Reservation.

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img Assembly of baggage (ddr-densho-37-581)

Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Baggage is being assembled to be taken by truck to the Salinas Assembly center where evacuees from this area will await transfer to a War Relocation Authority center.

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