World War II Homefront Era: 1940s: Internment of 120,000 Persons of Japanese Ancestry
Click image to zoom in.Or view larger version. Instructions for all persons of Japanese ancestry from the Western Defense Command and Forth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration. April 1, 1942. Unknown artist. Poster. Collection of Oakland Museum of California.
This is a poster created by the Western Defense Command and Forth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration instructing all person’s of Japanese ancestry living in a particular area of San Francisco, California to be prepared for evacuation. Listed among the property items the evacuees are instructed to carry with them are bedding and linen, toilet articles, extra clothing, utensils, and essential personal effects.