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Japanese Store, Honolulu

A photograph depicting a Japanese family in and around their store in Honolulu. The subjects are pictured in a mix of traditional and non-traditional clothing, and there is a sign in Japanese over the store. The image looks posed, as everyone is…

Tags: 19th century, Asian, Culture, East-Asian, Hawaii, Honolulu, Immigrant, Immigration, Japanese, Japanese Immigrant, Japanese Immigration, Photograph, Postcard

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…

Tags: 20th century, Asian experience, British Columbia, Discrimination, Japanese, Japanese Internment Camps, Japanese Immigrant, Japanese Immigration, Photograph, Political Discrimination, Race Relations, Racial Tensions, Railway, Second World War

Japanese Canadians arriving at Tashme Camp

It is a photograph of Japanese Canadians arriving at Tashme Camp, which was a World War II internment camp in British Columbia. There is a long line of children, one to two deep, with some adults behind them. The centre of the picture shows a car,…

Tags: 20th century, Asian Immigration, British Columbia, Immigration, Japanese, Japanese Internment Camps, Japanese Immigration, Photograph, Racial Tensions, Second World War, Tashme Camp, Wartime Internment

Welcome Home, University of Hawai’i

This source shows the importance of music in Hawaiian society and culture, as well as the integration of Japanese immigrants in Hawaiian society. This is also important as it shows the relationship that the immigrants had with their home nations, by…

Tags: 20th century, Assimilation, Choir, Education, Hawai’i, Hawaii, Japan, Japanese Immigration, Music, Photograph, reception, University

"We’re hoping to become Americans too”

This is an image in a newspaper of a group of Japanese people who were seeking American citizenship by entering Hawai’i. This was the hope of many Asian individuals who were seeking citizenship into the United States, even if the likelihood is that…

Tags: 20th century, Asiatic Exclusion League, Assimilation, Cartoon, Hawai’i, Hawaii, Illustration, Integration, Japan, Japanese Immigration, Migration

Japanese-American volunteers

This photograph is an image of a group of Japanese-American men, based in Kauai, who were receiving a physical examination test as they wanted to their part in the Second World War. Despite the fact that many of the young men in the photograph were…

Tags: 20th century, Conscription, Examination, Hawai’i, High school, Japanese, Japanese American, Japanese Immigration, Kauai, Migration, Military, Photograph, Second World War, War, WW2

“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,…

Tags: 20th century, California, Discrimination, Japanes Ancestry, Japanese Internment Camps, Japanese American, Japanese evacuation, Japanese Immigrant, Japanese Immigration, Japanese Internment, non-alien, poster, San Francisco, Second World War, State instructions, The Civil Control Station, WW2

Waiting for the Signal From Home

The Cartoon is titled “Waiting for the Signal From Home” and it shows thousands of Japanese people who are all stereotyped marching from Washington, through Oregon and to California to pick up blocks of explosives from a small shed named “Honorable…

Sharp Camp following the evacuation order for persons of Japanese ancestry

The photograph depicts Aliens at Sharp Camp, California following the evacuation order for people of Japanese ancestry. The camp seen in the photograph was set up to serve as a detention centre were people were given hearings. The Japanese people…

Tags: 20th century, California, Discrimination, evacuation, Japanese American, Japanese Ancestry, Japanese Immigration, Japanese Internment, Japanese Internment Camp, Mandatory evacuation, Photograph, Race Relations, Racial Tensions, Racism, Second World War, Sharp Camp, WW2

Their Best Way to Show Loyalty: An Editorial

A transcript of an editorial piece published by The San Francisco News noting that Japanese people and people with Japanese Ancestry voluntarily evacuating and being relocated is the way to show their loyalty to the state. Notes that people have been…

Tags: 20th century, California, evacuation, Japanese Internment Camps, Japanese American, Japanese Immigration, Japanese Internment, Loyalty, Mandatory evacuation, National Security, Newspaper, Propaganda, San Francisco, Second World War, The San Francisco News, WW2

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