Photograph shows a group of evacuees after arriving by bus at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center and undergoing baggage inspection. Baggage inspection, Flaherty Collection: Japanese Internment Records, MSS-2006-02, San Jose State University, Special Collections & Archives. Caption on album page: "Upon arrival at centers the baggage of the evacuees was inspected by the Interior Security Police and articles of contraband removed, receipts were issued for articles not needed which were stored in warehouses. Photo shows a group of evacuees after arriving by bus at Santa Anita (California) Assembly Center and undergoing baggage inspection." SANTA ANITA ASSEMBLY CENTER PHOTO NO. 371 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Luggage Military inspections Relocation camps Forced migration Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.) World War II, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
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