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Title
State of California, City of Huntington Park and City of Belvedere prohibited or restricted zones
Creator
29th Engineer Reproduction Plant: publisher
Date Created and/or Issued
1943
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
Map shows two close up regions of restriction zones for Japanese Americans in a city block of Huntington Park and Belvedere in the Los Angeles area.
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
Maps
1 map, black and white with red
application/pdf
Identifier
sjs_fla_0037
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/5799
Language
English
Subject
Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles
Race and racism--Discrimination
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Discriminatory laws
Place
Huntington Park, California
Belvedere, California
Los Angeles, California
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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