Scope and Contents Photograph shows three old cars with buildings in background. Japanese American men in hats and business attire are being led into one of the cars. A police officer is in the background. The text on the back of the photo reads "Police Question Alien Japs. Long Beach, Calif.: Los Angeles and federal officers are taking these alien Japanese from Terminal Island, Calif., to question them regarding their activities. They are part of several hundred enemy aliens who have be[e]n...

Scope and Contents Photograph of an elderly Japanese American man, seated, dressed in overalls and a jacket. Two men in coats and hats are standing over him with small wooden model planes in their hands.The text on the back of the photograph reads "Model Planes Found in Jap Home. Long Beach Calif.: Los Angeles police confront this jap alien with model airplanes found in his Terminal Island home. He was one of several hundred enemy aliens who were removed under guard of local and federal officers...

Scope and Contents Photograph of a man in a white shirt and dark pants, standing on a box and attaching a sign that reads "Clearance Sale" to a store window. The window display shows a variety of drug store items and an advertisement featuring a dark-haired woman saluting.The text on the back of the photograph reads "Many other Japanese will follow his lead. San Francisco, Calif.: Shizuo Okamoto (above), American-born Japanese, a University of California graduate, does what many other coast...

Scope and Contents Photograph of two women sitting at desks with their backs to the camera. A Japanese American man is seated on the other side of each desk, while a group of Japanese American men wait in the background.The text on the back of the photograph reads "Japanese-Hawaiians volunteer for U.S. Army Service. Waipahu, T.H., -- "I want [to] help Uncle Sam; that's all" were the words of Kenichi Nishimura (seated left), 37, father of five children, as he signed his application, along with 100...

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Photograph of two men dressed in hats and jackets kneel in the dirt. They look at a large cluster of roots being held by the man on the right.

The text on the back of the photograph reads "Japanese in Mich. Right=Jim Nakayama, 20, former high school halfback at Fresno, Calif., is showing Kay Nakayama, of Los Angeles, 22, - same name but no relation - an armful of asparagus roots just removed from their bin."

Scope and Contents Photograph of a young man in a hat standing among tree branches and holding an armful of peaches.The text on the back of the photograph reads "Internees Help with Illinois Peach Harvesting. Freeburg, Ill.: Tak Kakita, a Jap internee from the Rohwer Relocation center at McGehee, Ark. proudly displays a handful of peaches which he picked on the Alvin Eckert farm near here. Twenty internees from the center have arrived in this section to aid in picking the peach crop, bringing their...

Scope and Contents Photograph of a man in glasses, white shirt, and tie holding a technical drawing and examining a piece of machinery.The text on the back of the photograph reads "A Wrong is Righted. Herded into assembly centers soon after Pearl Harbor, although their only fault was their Japanese ancestry, American-born Japanese have been given their freedom once more. Finding themselves again, after a year or more of internment, they are returning to civilian jobs, with many taking up the work...

Scope and Contents Photograph of two young Japanese American women are standing over a large crate of fabric and boxes. The one on the left holds a package and the one on the right holds stuffed animals. The text on the back of the photograph reads "Packing Toys for Interned Children. Philadelphia, PA. -- Two Japanese-American girls, Nelli Nagano, 20 (left), of the Y.W.C.A. and Yoko Yemoto pack Christmas toys into a box at a Philadelphia center, to be sent to the Camp Minidoka Relocation Project at...

Scope and Contents Photograph of a group of people standing in front of a sign for the Poston Relocation Center. An older Japanese American man holds a baby and shakes the hand of a white man. Two Japanese American women stand to their left, while another Japanese American man stands to the right.The text on the back of the photograph reads "American Japanese Family Returns to Southern California. Poston, Ariz., --January, 1945, was a memorable time in the lives of American Japanese Mr. and Mrs....

Scope and Contents Photograph of two women shaking hands and bowing to each other next to a car at Poston Relocation Center. A small boy stands behind them looking at the car.The text on the back of the photograph reads "Farewell to Poston. On the day the Nittas departed from Poston, there were many cheerful good-byes. Here, an older woman bows ceremoniously, in the customary Oriental fashion. Mary Nitta, wife of Hitoshi, bows only slightly -- enough to defer to the older generation, but more in...