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March 30, 1942 8th - Franklin St Oakland Japanese - owned Grocery Store. It has been closed. Owner voluntarily evacuated at the last moment before the "Freezing order" to Fresno where he has relatives. He is U C graduate, born in California. I asked him "who put up that sign?" He said "a sign painter but I paid for it, the day after Pearl Harbor" See also companion negative, made Aug '42 5 months later -
World War II; store; grocery; Japanese American; sign; car; sidewalk; mail box; curb; street; 8th Street, Oakland; Franklin Street, Oakland; Chinatown neighborhood
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