A bride in Tule
This bride, photographed by Francis Stewart a few days before her wedding on September 10, 1942, was interred at Tule Lake Relocation Center, outside Newell,...
An internment wedding
This bride and groom, photographed a few days before their wedding by Francis Stewart on September 10, 1942, were interred at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Tule Lake,...
From marriage to internment
George and Michiko Ushida were married in Berkeley, California, on April 22, 1942. Two days later, they left for the Tanforan assembly center in San Bruno,...
Guilty of resisting relocation
In 1942, Gordon Hirabayashi, a Japanese American student at the University of Washington, refused to report to a relocation camp. His refusal defied Executive Order...
Japanese relocation
In February 1942, just two months after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which had the effect of relocating all persons of Japanese...
“King of Chrysanthemums”
Dorothea Lange photographed successful chrysanthemum grower Ryohitsu Shibuya and his family at their home in Mountain View, California, on April 18, 1942. Days later,...
Roster of Manzanar War Relocation Center
Manzanar War Relocation Center, in eastern California, was one of 10 camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World...