Photograph shows the head of the family of four being interviewed after arriving at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center. Family interview, Flaherty Collection: Japanese Internment Records, MSS-2006-02, San Jose State University, Special Collections & Archives. Caption on album page: "After assignment to quarters, the head of each family was interviewed by members of the administrative staff, usually Japanese, as to experience and ability to work. Photo shows the head of a family of four being interviewed after arrival at Santa Anita, California, Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-1933-PSF 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.
Family Interviews Relocation camps 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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