Personal Belongings

ID: 390 ~ Source: Lange, Dorthea. Household Goods Belonging to Evacuees of Japanese Ancestry. 1942. Photograph. Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, 1942 - 1945. National Archives at College Park. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/537802.
 ~ Creator: Dorthea Lange ~ Date: 1942
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This photograph, taken by famed photographer Dorthea Lange, shows the belongings of internees stacked up in California.

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