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Image of U. S. soldiers and Nakamura family loading Army truck for forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942
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U. S. soldiers and Nakamura family loading Army truck for forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942

In this image a U. S. Army soldier lifts Ruth Nakamura into an Army truck at her family's farmhouse in preparation for forced removal. Her father, sister Jane, mother Yukiko, and brother Archie look on. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 was issued at Bainbridge Island, ordering 227 residents of Japanese descent to leave with six days' notice. They departed by…
ID Number:PI28044
Date:1942
Image of U. S. soldiers and Japanese Americans preparing for forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942
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U. S. soldiers and Japanese Americans preparing for forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942

In this image U. S. Army soldiers gather Japanese Americans at an assembly point on Bainbridge Island in preparing for transportation to the Puyallup Assembly Center. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 was issued at Bainbridge Island, ordering 227 residents of Japanese descent to leave with six days' notice. They departed by ferry on March 30, 1942. The island had a…
ID Number:PI28048
Date:1942
Image of U. S. soldiers and Japanese Americans preparing for forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942
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U. S. soldiers and Japanese Americans preparing for forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942

In this image U. S. Army soldiers gather Japanese Americans at an assembly point near the ferry dock on Bainbridge Island. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 was issued at Bainbridge Island, ordering 227 residents of Japanese descent to leave with six days' notice. They departed by ferry on March 30, 1942. The island had a total of 276 Japanese American…
ID Number:PI28049
Date:1942
Image of Fumiko Hayashida and her daughter, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942
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Fumiko Hayashida and her daughter, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942

In this image, Fumiko Hayashida (1911-2014), holds her sleeping 14-month-old daughter, Natalie, at an exclusion assembly point near the ferry dock on Bainbridge Island. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 was issued at Bainbridge Island, ordering 227 residents of Japanese descent to leave with six days' notice. They departed by ferry on March 30, 1942. Hayashida and her family were incarcerated…
ID Number:PI28050
Date:1942
Image of Japanese American women saying goodbye to friend during forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942
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Japanese American women saying goodbye to friend during forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942

In this image two young Japanese American women, Yoshie Terayama and Ritsuko Teryama, say goodbye to a white friend from school at an exclusion assembly point near the ferry dock on Bainbridge Island. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 was issued at Bainbridge Island, ordering 227 residents of Japanese descent to leave with six days' notice. They departed by ferry on…
ID Number:PI28051
Date:1942
Image of U. S. soldier holding Japanese American girl during forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942
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U. S. soldier holding Japanese American girl during forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942

In this image a U. S. Army soldier holds a Japanese American child, Jane Nakamura, at an exclusion assembly point near the ferry dock on Bainbridge Island. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 was issued at Bainbridge Island, ordering 227 residents of Japanese descent to leave with six days' notice. They departed by ferry on March 30, 1942. The island had…
ID Number:PI28052
Date:1942
Image of Japanese Americans boarding ferry for forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942
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Japanese Americans boarding ferry for forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942

In this image Japanese Americans board the ferry for forced removal from Bainbridge Island under U. S. Army guard. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 was issued at Bainbridge Island, ordering 227 residents of Japanese descent to leave with six days' notice. They departed by ferry on March 30, 1942. The island had a total of 276 Japanese American residents at…
ID Number:PI28053
Date:1942
Image of Japanese American families leaving Bainbridge Island, March 31, 1942
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Japanese American families leaving Bainbridge Island, March 31, 1942

Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 was issued at Bainbridge Island, ordering 227 residents of Japanese descent to leave with six days' notice. They departed by ferry on March 30, 1942. The island had a total of 276 Japanese American residents at the time; those who were away from the island at the time due to study, military service, or other…
ID Number:PI28055
Date:1942
Image of Mrs. Sumiko Furuta on ferry during forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942
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Mrs. Sumiko Furuta on ferry during forced removal, Bainbridge Island, March 30, 1942

In this image a Japanese American woman, 19-year-old Mrs. Sumiko Furuta, cries while looking out the ferry window after forced removal from Bainbridge Island. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 was issued at Bainbridge Island, ordering 227 residents of Japanese descent to leave with six days' notice. They departed by ferry on March 30, 1942. The island had a total of…
ID Number:PI28057
Date:1942
Image of Closed businesses on  S. Main St. after forced removal of Japanese Americans, Seattle, June 1942
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Closed businesses on S. Main St. after forced removal of Japanese Americans, Seattle, June 1942

The exclusion of Seattle's Japanese families by the federal government during World War II changed the city in numerous ways. Among the more obvious signs were the shuttered and boarded up Japanese businesses along Main, Jackson and upper King Streets. Many of the families who managed or worked in the stores and shops never returned to the city after they…
ID Number:PI28075
Date:1942
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