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People of Sacramento Archive

Caption: A view outside the Tule Lake Internment Camp.

Date: 1943

Historical Context: A glacial moraine and guard tower outside the Tule Lake Internment Camp show the desolation afforded the Japanese. Many Japanese American citizens were relocated during the scare times following the attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941.

Ethnic Group: Japanese

Place: Tule Lake Internment Camp

Events: Relocation

Names/Biographical Data: Unidentified.

Key Words: pressure, discrimination

Image Number: To see a larger version of this picture, see image number 527 and select the full-size image.

Objects/Items of Note: Guard tower to left; moraine in center background; man standing in center. Very desolate, stark scene.

Image Credit: SMHD, Walerga Project.