Images(2)

photograph

Date1942

Mediumpaper

ClassificationsPhotographic Archives

Credit LineGift of Susan K. Mochizuki and Ann K. Uyeda

Object number2006.133.11

Description1 photographic print: b&w; 3-1/2x6" snapshot photo of the forced removal by buses to Santa Anita in April 1942, from Little Tokyo. A group of military police, a police officer, 2 men in civilian clothes are standing around a line of buses. A military sedan and jeep are visible parked at the curb. Incarcerees are visible in the background. The L.A. City Hall tower is visible in background indicating this scene is probably on Jackson St and Alameda.

Caption on back: "April 1942, Evacuation - Los Angeles. SAAC bound."