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1986.5.6680.8
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Incarcerees registering at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Puyallup, 1942
Order an ImageIn the spring of 1942, persons of Japanese descent living on the West Coast were forcibly removed by the US Army into "assembly centers" while permanent incarceration camps were built. The Puyallup Assembly Center, euphemistically named "Camp Harmony," was hastily constructed at the Washington State fairgrounds in Puyallup and temporarily housed over 7,000 residents of Seattle, Tacoma and Alaska. This photo depicts incarcerees waiting in line at a table to register, an administrator leaning over the table to speak to them. They carry bags with their possessions and some hold identification tags.
Handwritten on sleeve: PUYALLUP, Wash., Japanese colony, Camp Harmony.
Handwritten on sleeve: PUYALLUP, Wash., Japanese colony, Camp Harmony.
ID Number: 1986.5.6680.8
Date: 1942
Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.6680.8
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