Family of Japanese ancestry arrives at assembly center at Tanforan Race track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration. |
 Family of Japanese ancestry arrives at assembly center at Tanforan Race Track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration. |
This center is a converted race track. Here are shown what were horsestalls remodeled into living quarters for families. Photograph was made at noon on the third day after the center had been opened. |
Barracks for family living quarters. Each door enters into a family unit of two small rooms. Tanforan assembly center was opened two days before the photograph was made. On the first day there had been a heavy rain. When a family has arrived here, first step of evacuation is complete. |
This assembly center has been opened for two days. Busload after busload of evacuated Japanese are arriving this day. After going through the necessary procedures, they are guided to the quarters assigned to them in the barracks. This family newly arrived, are in the process of settling down. The old man proudly exhibits the bench which he has just made out of scrap lumber left over from construction. The quarters to which this family were assigned are remodeled horse-stalls. |
Barrack home in one of the long lines of converted horse stalls. Each family unit consists of two small rooms- the rear room without outside door or window. |
A close-up of an entrance of a family apartment. Note that the windows in this unit have been enlarged. Five people occupy two small rooms, the inner one of which is without outside door or windows. |
Father and son while away the hours carving small wooden animals for the children in front of their home in the barracks. They have been living at the Assembly center for approximately two weeks. |
This scene shows one type of barracks for family use. These were formerly the stalls for race horses. Each family is assigned to two small rooms, the inner one, of which, has no outside door nor window. The center has been in operation about six weeks and 8,000 persons of Japanese ancestry are now assembled here. |
Many evacuees suffer from lack of their accustomed activity. The attitude of the man shown in this photograph is typical of the residents in assembly centers, and because there is not much to do and not enough work available, they mill around, they visit, they stroll and they linger to while away the hours. |
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 Tanforan Assembly Center (San Bruno, Calif.)--These young evacuee volunteer helpers are resting a few moments from their big job of delivering baggage to evacuee families of Japanese ancestry as they arrive at this assembly center. Later they will be transferred to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration. 4/29/42
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 A Japanese woman, just evacuated, who arrived this morning is shown at the door of her living quarters. Each door enters into a family unit of two small rooms (remodeled horse-stalls).. 4/29/42
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 Barracks for family living quarters. Each door enters into a family unit of two small rooms (remodeled horse-stalls). The center was opened just two days before this picture was taken. The people shown in this photograph have just arrived and are occupying themselves with building benches, chairs, tables, and shelves, for their belongings, from scrap lumber. Quarters are equipped with only a bed and mattress for each person. 4/29/42
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 This assembly center has been opened for two days. Bus-load after bus-load of evacuated Japanese are arriving this day. After going through the necessary procedures, they are guided to the quarter assigned to them in the barracks. This family, newly arrived, are in the process of settling down. The old man proudly exhibits the bench which he has just made out of scrap lumber left over from construction. The quarters to which this family were assigned are remodeled horse-stalls. 4/29/42
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 Building of the Tanforan Center are plastered at this time with all manner of locally devised posters incident to the election of five members of the Advisory Council. Three candidates were nominated from each of the five precincts. 6/16/42
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 View of the Tanforan Assembly Center, showing a type of barrack peculiar to the center. Also shown is part of a line-up of evacuees waiting for places in the mess hall for their noon meal. 6/16/42
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 Shown here is one type of barracks for family use. These were formerly the stalls for race horses. Each family is assigned to two small rooms, the inner one with no outside door nor window. The center has been in operation about six weeks. 8,000 evacuees are now assembled here.
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