Bygone Americana

Third generation Japanese-American children awaiting the arrival of the next bus. Byron, California 1942.
By Dorothea Lange

Third generation Japanese-American children awaiting the arrival of the next bus. Byron, California 1942.

By Dorothea Lange

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Japanese Americans make camouflage nets for the War Department at the Manzanar Relocation Center on July 1, 1942.

Japanese Americans make camouflage nets for the War Department at the Manzanar Relocation Center on July 1, 1942.

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Traveling through rush hour traffic in downtown Los Angeles, 1949.
By Loomis Dean

Traveling through rush hour traffic in downtown Los Angeles, 1949.

By Loomis Dean

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A corporal in the Army having dinner with his date. Bakersfield, California, 1942.
By Russell Lee

A corporal in the Army having dinner with his date. Bakersfield, California, 1942.

By Russell Lee

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Rachel Karumi, one of many evacuated Japanese children who attended Raphael Weill Public School in San Francisco, 1942.

Rachel Karumi, one of many evacuated Japanese children who attended Raphael Weill Public School in San Francisco, 1942.

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Awaiting the evacuation bus. Centerville, California, 1942.
By Dorothea Lange

Awaiting the evacuation bus. Centerville, California, 1942.

By Dorothea Lange

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University of California students at the Assembly Center in Sacramento awaiting transfer, 1942.
By Dorothea Lange

University of California students at the Assembly Center in Sacramento awaiting transfer, 1942.

By Dorothea Lange

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In front of a grocery store two days before evacuation. Florin, California, 1942.
By Dorothea Lange

In front of a grocery store two days before evacuation. Florin, California, 1942.

By Dorothea Lange

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Pictures and mementos sit on top of a radio in the Yonemitsu home in the Manzanar Relocation Center, 1943.
By Ansel Adams

Pictures and mementos sit on top of a radio in the Yonemitsu home in the Manzanar Relocation Center, 1943.

By Ansel Adams

(Source: wodumedia.com)

San Francisco, 1947.
By Charles Steinheimer

San Francisco, 1947.

By Charles Steinheimer

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