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img People receiving instructions on mass removal (ddr-densho-151-241)

Original caption: Byron, California. Three days before evacuation these people of Japanese ancestry are receiving their final instructions at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station in this agricultural community.

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doc Blank evacuee index card for WCCA (Wartime Civil Control Administration) (ddr-densho-410-2)

Stamped with "Pomona" for Assembly Center, front and back. Back stamped with names of multiple camps and assembly centers.

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doc Blank evacuee index card for WCCA (Wartime Civil Control Administration) (ddr-densho-410-1)

Stamped with "Colorado River" for Relocation Center

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doc Blank evacuee index card for WCCA (Wartime Civil Control Administration) (ddr-densho-410-4)

Stamped "Puyallup" for Assembly Center

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doc Blank evacuee index card for WCCA (Wartime Civil Control Administration) (ddr-densho-410-3)

Stamped "Portland" for Relocation Centers

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doc Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) Center Store 1 cent ticket (ddr-densho-539-74)

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img Issei man registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-135)

Original caption: Hayward, California. A farmer of Japanese ancestry appears at Wartime Civil Control Administration station prepratory to evacuation. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for duration.

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-151-41)

Original WRA caption: Oakland, California. View from window of the Wartime Civil Control Administration station. Moving vans are taking baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry to the Assembly Center.

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img Japanese Americans waiting to register for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-239)

Original caption: Byron, California. Laborers of Japanese ancestry from a large-scale asparagus ranch are at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station awaiting their return to be interviewed prior to evacuation.

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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 farmers returning to work (ddr-densho-151-240)

Original caption: Byron, California. Laborers of Japanese ancestry are returning to large-scale asparagus ranch after interview at Wartime Civil Control Administration station regarding their evacuation which is due in three days.

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doc Information Release No. 26: Regulations Governing Evacuee Advisory Committee (ddr-densho-356-787)

Memo to all residents of Merced Assembly Center from Harry L. Black, Center Manager regarding the Wartime Civil Control Administration's policy on evacuee advisory committees. Details the committee's formation, function and powers.

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img 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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doc Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) Mess Hall ticket for Saburo Kitagawa (ddr-densho-539-72)

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img Japanese Americans boarding buses (ddr-densho-151-143)

Original caption: Byron, California. Farm families of Japanese ancestry boarding buses for Turlock Assembly center 65 miles away. An official of the Wartime Civil Control Administration is checking the families into the bus by number.

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img Japanese Americans boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-142)

Original caption: Byron, California. Farm families of Japanese ancestry boarding buses for Turlock Assembly Center 65 miles away. An official of the Wartime Civil Control Administration is checking the families into the bus by number.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-142/

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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img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-99)

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-99/

img Japanese American family with baggage (ddr-densho-151-245)

Original caption: Oakland, California. Part of family unit of Japanese ancestry leave Wartime Civil Control Administration station on afternoon of evacuation, under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 28. Social worker directs these evacuees to the waiting bus.

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img Household goods waiting for storage (ddr-densho-151-287)

Original caption: Woodland, California. Household goods belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry, stacked for storage. The Federal Reserve Bank is assisting, in conjunction with the Wartime Civil Control Administration, in the final settlement of their affairs.

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img Japanese Americans boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-244)

Original caption: Oakland, California. Boarding a bus at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station for Tanforan Assembly center. These evacuees of Japanese ancestry will later be transferred to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration.

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doc Administrative Notice No. 21 Labor Strikes (ddr-densho-356-799)

Administrative Notice No. 21 from Santa Anita Assembly Center provides excerpts from the Wartime Civil Control Administration Operations Manual regarding work stoppages, labor strikes, quitting, and grievances. The WCCA did not allow work stoppages or labor strikes.

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img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-219)

Original caption: Lodi, California. Heads of families and persons living alone, of Japanese ancestry, have concluded their arrangements at the Wartime Civil Control Administration Control Station under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 70. Their papers are in order and they are turning them in at a desk before they leave for the Assembly Center.

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img Issei man waiting to register for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-237)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Oldest member of the Japanese Methodist church, who came from Japan 50 years ago. He is at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station waiting for instructions regarding his evacuation to Tanforan Assembly center.

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doc Assembly center coupon book (ddr-densho-25-76)

Japanese Americans in the assembly centers could purchase coupon books for merchandise at Wartime Civil Control Admininistration stores. Each camp inmate was issued his or her own book, which contained stamps to be detached and exchanged for small items.

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