Railroads; Railroad travel; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.); World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows evacuees boarding a train at Santa Anita, California on route to a war relocation center.
Lease & rental services; Relocation camps; Sporting goods;; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Portland Assembly Center (Or.)
Photograph shows evacuees signing for athletic equipment at Portland Assembly Center in Oregon.
Board games; Dormitories; Men; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Portland Assembly Center
Photograph shows single men's dormitory at Portland Assembly Center with male evacuees conversing, reading, resting or playing board games.
Furniture; Relocation camps; Rocking chairs; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.); World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows a rocking chair made by an evacuee at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center.
Apartments; Domestic life; Dwellings; Family; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Granada Relocation Center; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows a typical evacuee apartment at Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado with female evacuees reading, sewing and playing.
Communication devices; Men; Radios; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Portland Assembly Center (Or.)
Photograph shows a radio shop with evacuees working on necessary repairs at the Portland, Oregon Assembly Center.
Clerks; Post offices; Postal service employees; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Portland Assembly Center (Or.)
Photograph shows female evacuees working at a post office in Portland Assembly Center in Oregon.
Men; Relocation camps; Warehouses; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Pomona Assembly Center (Calif.); World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows members of an advance party of evacuees loading bedding equipment in a warehouse at Pomona, California Assembly Center.
Plumbers; Plumbing fixtures; Relocation camps; Welding; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows a group of mechanics welding an upright in a plumbing shop at Fresno, California Assembly Center.
Furniture; Office furniture; Painting; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Portland Assembly Center (Or.)
Photograph shows a paint shop at Portland, Oregon Assembly Center with evacuees brushing up an office desk and file box.
Newspaper industry; Newspapers; Office workers; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Mimeograph; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows evacuees using a mimeograph machine at the assembly center newspaper office while a young boy reads the "Our Gang" comic strip.
Eating & drinking; Family; Mess halls; Relocation camps; Children and adults; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Tanforan Assembly Center (Calif.)
Photograph shows a family in a mess hall at Tanforan, California Assembly Center.
Cold storage; Meat; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.); World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows a scene in the meat storage room at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center.
Bookcases; Books; Libraries (Rooms); Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Portland Assembly Center (Or.)
Photograph shows evacuees checking out books and using the library at Portland, Oregon Assembly Center; bookcases filled with books line the walls.
Laundries (Rooms & spaces); Laundry; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Portland Assembly Center (Or.)
Photograph shows a scene in the tub room at Portland, Oregon Assembly Center with evacuees doing their laundry.
Laboratories; Medical personnel; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.); World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows two evacuee laboratory technicians at work at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center.
Kitchens; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.); Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows an empty kitchen attached to the hospital unit at Heart Mountain Relocation Center.
Kindergartens; Relocation camps; School children; Teachers; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Portland Assembly Center (Or.)
Photograph shows young evacuees in the kindergarten room at Portland, Oregon Assembly Center. Kindergartners are cutting paper dolls under supervision of Japanese teachers.
Martial arts; Men; Oriental hand-to-hand fighting; Relocation camps; Sports; Wrestling; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows a group of young evacuees receiving instruction in Jiu Jitsui, or Judo wrestling at Portland Assembly Center in Oregon, while the rest of the class looks on.
Equipment; Irrigation; Irrigation canals & flumes; Relocation camps; Forced migration; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Photograph shows evacuees working on an irrigation ditch. Evacuees are using shovels and pickaxes to work.
