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Japanese-American store closed.

Description: "Following evacuation orders, this store was closed. The owner, a University of California graduate of Japanese descent, placed the "I AM AN AMERICAN" sign on the store front the after Peral Harbor." Oakland, CA, April 1942. Dorothea Lange.
Keywords: World War II, internment
Credit: National Archives and Records Administration


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Images of American Political History. Posting online by Dr. William J. Ball. All images are believed to be in the public domain. Please do not contact me for permission to use them.

 

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