Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry

Files

D769_8_A6_M25_1942_cropped.jpg

Title

Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry

Subject

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Description

These are instructions for the removal of Japanese Americans living in Seattle, Washington. In addition to these instructions, evacuation orders would have also been posted informing Japanese Americans of their imminent removal. These orders followed Executive Order 9066, which gave the Western Defense Command of the Department of War the authority to exclude anybody from what it deemed strategic areas.

Creator

Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration

Source

D769.8.A6.M25 1942

Publisher

San Francisco: Western Defense Command

Date

1942-04-24

Format

Original object was scanned as a 24 bit color 300 dpi TIFF on a Zeutschel OS 14000 A0-LS scanner. Using Adobe Photoshop CS2 the image was converted into a 72 dpi JPEG.

Language

English

Type

Text

Original Format

14"x22" poster

Citation

Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration, “Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry,” Digital Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4407.