331 results for: World War II, 1941-1945 (WWII)
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Bainbridge Island incarcerees walking to train, March 30, 1942
On March 30, 1942, the United States Army escorted over 200 Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island to Seattle. The incarcerees boarded a waiting train which carried them to the Manzanar concentration camp in the California desert. Many were later moved to Minidoka, in Idaho. This was the first exclusion of Japanese Americans from the Pacific Northwest. Manzanar and Minidoka were…
ID Number:PI28058
Date:1942
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Japanese American men looking at map of exclusion districts, Seattle, April 11, 1942
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." More than 9,000 Japanese and Japanese American people living in the Pacific Northwest were forced into incarceration camps in Idaho and California…
ID Number:PI28060
Date:1942
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Two policemen posting Civilian Exclusion Order No. 17, Seattle, June 16, 1942
In this image two Seattle Police officers, J. O. Deng and A. N. Barger post copies of Civilian Exclusion Order No. 17. Exclusion Order notices were posted on buildings, billboards, telephone poles, and other high visibility spots within the exclusion area. The notice announced the exclusion of Japanese Americans and gave them one week to prepare. A member of each…
ID Number:PI28061
Date:1942
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Japanese Americans waiting to register for exclusion, Seattle, April 26, 1942
In this image Japanese American residents of Seattle wait to be processed at the civil control station at 2100 Second Avenue in preparation for exclusion. The envelope they are carrying contains the different blanks used by all of the various government agencies working on the registration. After Civilian Exclusion Order No. 17 was posted Japanese Americans were given one week…
ID Number:PI28062
Date:1942
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Japanese Americans registering for exclusion, Seattle, April 26, 1942
In this image Japanese American residents of Seattle are processed for exclusion at the civil control station, converted from an old theater, at 1319 Rainier Avenue. After Civilian Exclusion Order No. 17 was posted Japanese Americans were given one week to register and to prepare for departure. Those that failed to comply by remaining in the area after the appointed…
ID Number:PI28063
Date:1942
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"Evacuation sale" at Japanese store, Seattle, 1942
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." More than 9,000 Japanese and Japanese American people living in the Pacific Northwest were forced into incarceration camps in Idaho and California…
ID Number:PI28065
Date:1942
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Jackson Studio store window after exclusion of Japanese Americans, Seattle, May 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:PI28066
Date:1942
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Boarded up window displays on Jackson Street after forced removal of Japanese Americans, Seattle, 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:PI28067
Date:1942
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Vacant stores after exclusion of Japanese Americans, Seattle, 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:PI28068
Date:1942
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Vacant stores after exclusion of Japanese Americans, 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:PI28069
Date:1942