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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 number2006.133.23
Description1 photographic print: b&w; 6x3-1/2" snapshot photo of a male and female evacuee standing beside a railroad passenger car looking up while the gentleman has his right arm extended upward as if writing some numbers on the side of the railcar. Both are looking at what the man is doing with his right arm. The train is leaving with evacuees for Poston, AZ.

Caption on back: "Major Wade Shankle, Jane, Masaji Morita. Boyle Heights entrainment. Poston AZ, May 29, 1942."

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