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Copyright JANM
photograph
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

photograph

Date1942
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Susan K. Mochizuki and Ann K. Uyeda
Object number2006.133.25
Description1 photographic print: b&w; 6x3-1/2" snapshot photo of 2 Japanese American women and 2 military officers posing at the end of a rail passenger car with evacuees and military police in the background, all smiling. The train is being boarded by incarcerees heading for Poston, AZ at the old Santa Fe Depot in Boyle Heights. The incarcerees are wearing coats over dress, carrying their purse/briefcase and smiling.

Caption on back: "Mary Sabusawa, Col. Taylor, Major Aukony, Eiko Fujii, Boyle Heights entrainment, Poston AZ, May 1942."

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