Crowd watching a train departing to the Tule Lake Relocation Center
Files
Title
Crowd watching a train departing to the Tule Lake Relocation Center
Subject
"Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945."
Description
"1.5x2 negative. Photograph of a crowd at the train station saying goodbye to people taking the train to the Tule Lake Relocation Center, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Based on the year, it is possible that this transfer of internees is part of the War Relocation Authority's segregation policy."
Creator
George Hirahara
Source
"George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection, sc 14"
Publisher
"Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc"
Date
1943
Rights
"For permission to publish please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691."
Format
Original photographs were scanned as 2400 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner, 72 dpi JPEG 2000 files were then added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries.
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
sc14b01f0183n03a
Collection
Citation
George Hirahara, “Crowd watching a train departing to the Tule Lake Relocation Center,” Digital Exhibits, accessed October 31, 2025, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4389.