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Description
Photograph shows group of registrants being interviewed in hall at Sanger, California. Caption on album page: "After receiving registration forms, all persons of Japanese ancestry were interviewed by civilian clerks, who aided them in filling out the necessary blanks. Photo shows group of registrants in hall at Sanger, California, July 27, 1942, one of the last groups to register for evacuation." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9SVC-42-3389-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
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