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Title
Civilian exclusion order no.1
Creator
United States. Army. Signal Corps: photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
[1942]
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Photograph shows military police posting Civilian Exclusion order no. 1, affecting Japanese living in Bainbridge Island, in Puget Sound, Washington. Caption on album page: Civilian Exclusion Orders, numbered 1 to 108, were issued by General DeWitt ordering exclusions of persons of Japanese ancestry from 108 specific areas in the states of California, Oregon, Washington and Arizona. Photo shows Military Police posting Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1, affecting Japanese living in Bainbridge Island, in Puget Sound, Washington." Signal Corps Photo (copy) 9SvC-42-294-PSF.
The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
black and white, 8 x 10 in.
image/jpeg
Identifier
sjs_fla_0286
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/5618
Subject
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders
Place
Pudget Sound, Washington
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt987024h5/
John M. Flaherty Collection of Japanese Internment Records

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