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Japanese American incarcerees preparing to leave the Puyallup Assembly Center for concentration camps, Puyallup, 1942
By August 1942, the United States Army was ready for the large scale removal of Japanese and Japanese Americans from Seattle, King County and the rest of western Washington state. The Puyallup Assembly Center, euphemistically named "Camp Harmony," was a processing facility at the Puyallup Fairgrounds and accommodated 8,000 people at a time. In the rush to process so many…
ID Number:PI28078
Date:1942
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Japanese Americans leaving the Puyallup Assembly Center for incarceation, ca. August 9, 1942.
By August 1942, the United States Army was ready for the large scale removal of Japanese and Japanese Americans from Seattle, King County and the rest of western Washington State. The Puyallup Assembly Center, euphemistically named "Camp Harmony," was a processing facility at the Puyallup Fairgrounds and accommodated 8,000 people at a time. In the rush to process so many…
ID Number:PI28080
Date:1942
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Japanese Americans boarding train for Minidoka War Relocation Center, Puyallup, 1942
In this image Japanese American residents of the Seattle area are boarding the train at North Puyallup for their transfer to a concentration camp in Minidoka, Idaho. The Puyallup Assembly Center, better known by the euphemism Camp Harmony, was situated at the Western Washington fairgrounds in the heart of Puyallup. The assembly center was a temporary facility into which Japanese…
ID Number:PI28081
Date:1942
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Racist graffiti in front of Japanese American home, Seattle, May 11, 1945
On December 18, 1944, the United States government announced that Japanese Americans in incarceration camps could return to their homes after January 1, 1945. In Seattle, and elsewhere on the West Coast, this was a controversial issue. When the first returnees arrived in Seattle in January, some found a cold welcome and vandalized property. Groups like the Remember the Pearl…
ID Number:PI28083
Date:1945
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Graffiti on Japanese American home, Seattle, 1945
On December 18, 1944, the United States government announced that Japanese Americans in incarceration camps could return to their homes after January 1, 1945. In Seattle, and elsewhere on the West Coast, this was a controversial issue. When the first returnees arrived in Seattle in January, some found a cold welcome and vandalized property. Groups like the Remember the Pearl…
ID Number:PI28084
Date:1945
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Room with property confiscated from Japanese Americans, Seattle, November 1945
On February 19, 1942, shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and United States entry into WWII, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, calling for the exclusion of all civilians of Japanese descent from "designated military areas." In March 1942 Japanese Americans living on Bainbridge Island were the first in the country to be taken from their homes by…
ID Number:PI28086
Date:1945
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Kameno and Shinichi Seike at Nisei memorial dinner, Seattle, December 13, 1946
Nearly 1000 veterans, family members, and friends attended a Nisei veterans' testimonial banquet at Seattle's Civic Auditorium on December 13, 1946. The event, sponsored by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), featured speakers paying tribute to Nisei (second generation Japanese Americans) soldiers who lost their lives during World War II.Close relatives of those who died sat at special tables like…
ID Number:PI28185
Date:1946
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Servicemen building cabins at Jefferson Park, Seattle, March 1942
During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. Jefferson Park Golf Course on Beacon Hill was requisitioned by the U. S. Army for a anti-aircraft batteries. The Army also took over the rest of the park west of Beacon Avenue for a G.I. center. Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), community…
ID Number:PI28215
Date:1942
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Servicemen socializing at Jefferson Park recreation center, Seattle, 1942
During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. Jefferson Park Golf Course on Beacon Hill was requisitioned by the U. S. Army for anti-aircraft batteries. The Army also took over the rest of the park west of Beacon Avenue for a G.I. center, with recreation facilities, a gym, and tent housing for…
ID Number:PI28216
Date:1942
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Servicewomen playing cards at Jefferson Park recreation center, Seattle, September 1943
During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. Jefferson Park Golf Course on Beacon Hill was requisitioned by the U. S. Army for anti-aircraft batteries. The Army also took over the rest of the park west of Beacon Avenue for a G.I. center, with recreation facilities, a gym, and tent housing for…
ID Number:PI28219
Date:1943