Photograph shows a graduating ceremony at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center with graduating students pledging allegiance to the flag. Pledging allegiance,Flaherty Collection: Japanese Internment Records, MSS-2006-02, San Jose State University, Special Collections & Archives. Caption on album page: "Another view of graduating ceremonies at Santa Anita (California) Assembly Center, showing graduating students pledging allegiance to the flag preliminary to the distribution of diplomas." SANTA ANITA PHOTO NO. 602A 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.
Flag salutes Graduation ceremonies Relocation camps Rites & ceremonies Students 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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