Noon on a hot day at the Stockton Assembly center, which is a converted fairgrounds. This group of people on the race track are new arrivals who have been registered, inspected, medically examined, and are now on their way to their assigned places in the barracks
Hand baggage is being inspected for contraband upon the arrival of evacuees of Japanese ancestry to this Assembly center
Aerial view of the center
People at the center
These evacuees of Japanese ancestry are watching the arrival of buses bringing new groups of families to this assembly center. 5/19/42
The center was at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds and was occupied from May 10 to Oct. 17th, 1942. It held over 4,000 evacuees.There is a historical marker there, but all the other structures are gone.
The Oakland Tribune, May 7, 1942
The Oakland Tribune, Sept. 18, 1942
The Oakland Tribune, Oct. 1, 1942
Articles dealing with the movement of Japanese Americans to Stockton, and then out of the Stockton assembly center.
