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Japanese Americans registering for evacuation, Seattle, 1942
Japanese Americans registering for evacuation, Seattle, 1942
TitleJapanese Americans registering for evacuation, Seattle, 1942
PhotographerStaff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Date1942
CaptionShortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, calling for the evacuation of all Japanese and Japanese Americans from "designated military areas." Although the United States was at war with Germany and Italy, few Italian and German Americans were placed in internment camps.

This 1942 photo shows Japanese Americans registering for evacuation.
NotesHandwritten on negative: Jap registration.

Caption by MOHAI staff.

Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 1942.
SubjectsRecording & registration--Washington (State)--Seattle; Evacuations--Washington (State)--Seattle; Typewriters--Washington (State)--Seattle; Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle; World War, 1939-1945
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image NumberPI28034
Ordering InformationTo order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph.
Credit LineSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
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