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Barracks To House Evacuated Japanese
The photograph depicts builders working on a Barracks block in preparation to build the huge center at Manzanar. The photograph has an attaching caption noting that the barrack block in the photograph as being only one of what would be 350 barrack…
Hiro Writes of His Arrival in Vermont
This man has written to his family following his move from Hawai’i to Vermont for his chaplaincy work. In it, we can see the love he has for his child, and the longing to be with him, despite his job during the Second World War. This provides us with…
Short-Term leave Authorization, WRA
This source is a written authorization of leave written by the WRA (War Relocation Authority). The WRA was the agency tasked with handling the internment of people of Japanese Ancestry during the Second World War. The paper states that a ‘Thomas…
Radio Address of the President to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Hollywood, California
This source is a radio address transcript which has been produced in printed form, from Franklin D. Roosevelt about the role of Hollywood during the War to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The source is from 1941, when America had…
Letter to Helen McNary from Fusa Tsumagari, Arcadia, California, August 9, 1942
The letter is written from within Santa Anita Assembly Center, the letter first thanks McNary for sending her candy and a book for her to use in the camp. But then speaks of a riot that stemmed from the army from outside San Francisco ordered the…
Barrack 9, Apt. 6, San Bruno, CA
This is an unframed, sketched painting depicting the new living quarters in which the Hibi family are living in at the Tanforan Assembly Center. The painting depicts several barracks which were the housing for the Japanese people within the…
“To All Persons of Japanese Ancestry”
This is a poster that details the mandatory evacuation to any Japanese people living within a section of the City of San Francisco. It states that the instructions stated on the poster apply to both alien and non-alien people of Japanese ancestry,…
Hawai’i by Clipper
This source is a poster made by Pan American World Airlines to advertise Hawai’i as a holiday destination to American customers. The poster shows a Hawaiian woman Hula dancing in traditional clothing, whilst in the background there is a Pan Am…
Hotel Hollywood
This source is a postcard of The Hollywood Hotel in California in colour with the caption ‘Hotel Hollywood at Hollywood, ca’. The postcard shows the front of the hotel and the road alongside it. The Hotel was opened in 1902 by one of Hollywood’s…
Japanese Canadian men being relocated in British Columbia
The source is a black and white photograph of Japanese Canadian men being relocated in British Columbia.
The picture shows a group of males getting on board a train along with a women and child.
The photograph was taken in 1942 during the…
The picture shows a group of males getting on board a train along with a women and child.
The photograph was taken in 1942 during the…