331 results for: World War II, 1941-1945 (WWII)
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Japanese Americans at Pier 42 for return to Hawaii, Seattle, November 7, 1945
Unlike Japanese Americans on the mainland, Japanese Americans living in Hawaii during World War II were not incarcerated en masse. The approximately 150,000 Japanese Americans were the largest single ethnic group in Hawaii and constituted more than one third of the territory’s population. Hawaii’s economy and society relied on the work done by Japanese Americans, and business and military leaders…
ID Number:PI28089
Date:1945
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Eight Japanese American children returning from incarceration camps, November 8, 1945
In this image eight Japanese American children pose as they prepare to leave Seattle for their native Hawaii after having been released from incarceration camps.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…
ID Number:PI28090
Date:1945
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Japanese Americans boarding ship for return to Hawaii, Seattle, November 7, 1945
Unlike Japanese Americans on the mainland, Japanese Americans living in Hawaii during World War II were not incarcerated en masse. The approximately 150,000 Japanese Americans were the largest single ethnic group in Hawaii and constituted more than one third of the territory’s population. Hawaii’s economy and society relied on the work done by Japanese Americans, and business and military leaders…
ID Number:PI28091
Date:1945
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Young women in war workers class, ca. February 20, 1943.
During World War II, many women were trained to fill the jobs left by men serving in the military. Women did auto repair, aircraft assembly and other jobs once considered men's work. This photo, taken in West Seattle in February 1943, shows young women studying a car engine. The auto mechanics class may have been photographed at West Seattle High…
ID Number:PI28092
Date:1943
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Nola Hines with ration book, Seattle, 1942
As part of the war effort of World War II each family in the country was granted monthly ration coupon books for consumer goods such as meat, tobacco, and coffee. Rationing was based on an equal sharing method where each consumer was allowed the same amount of a product. Here Nola Hines holds up a sample of the first sugar…
ID Number:PI28103
Date:1942
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Empty shelves in grocery store, Seattle, 1942
Limited quantities and empty shelves were not unusual during World War II. Consumer products rationing was in effect throughout the country with each family receiving ration coupon books for such items as butter, sugar, meat, coffee, and tobacco. Here a shopper makes her selection from a dwindling supply of canned goods. Handwritten on negative: Food rationing - empty shelves.Handwritten on…
ID Number:PI28107
Date:1942
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Crowd outside Fryes Packing House Market, Seattle, 1943
Long lines formed at meat markets throughout the country during World War II. Every month each family in the country received food rationing coupons based on equal sharing, each consumer was granted an equal ration per month. Here Frye & Company's retail store at 2203 Airport Way serves shoppers waiting to use their monthly meat ration coupons. Signs in image:…
ID Number:PI28112
Date:1943
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Pots and pans flying through the air during scrap drive, July 1941
Even before the United States entered World War II in 1941, groups were collecting scrap aluminum and other metals for the industries supporting the war in Europe. Throughout the war, people all over the country turned in their extra metal items to help the war effort. One scrap metal depository was set up in downtown Seattle at University Place, a…
ID Number:PI28150
Date:1941
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Neighborhood scrap drive, Yesler Terrace, Seattle, November 1942
During World War II, the US government called on its citizens to aid the war effort from the home front. One of the most widespread campaigns was Salvage for Victory, launched on January 10, 1942, just over a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Salvage for Victory called on Americans to collect and donate items that could be recycled…
ID Number:PI28169
Date:1942
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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