Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency orders. Japanese store in Little Tokyo

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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california los angeles county los angeles safety film negatives east los angeles evacuation japanese americans coast areas west coast areas army emergency orders states army war emergency orders japanese store japanese store little tokyo history of japan 1940 s 40 s united states history japan in world war ii wwii world war 2 library of congress california historical photos
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01/01/1942
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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
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Los Angeles, California, United States ,  34.05223, -118.24368
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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