Upheaval
Registration and Processing, 1942
This photograph shows a registration and processing scene at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center. Caption on album page: "On arrival at assembly centers, the evacuees were directed to registrars, who had the individual and family files before them registered in and assigned to quarters; given identification buttons and escorted to quarters. Photo shows a registration and processing scene at Santa Anita (California) Assembly Center."
Canceled Lease, 1942
Canceled Lease #9 between Carson Estate Company and Momoo Mochizuki "cancelled 4-6-42, tenant evacuated by U.S. Gov't." referring to the mass removal ("evacuation") of persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast as directed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 9066.
