Evacuees coming out of the Central Methodist church in Detroit after attending services on Sunday, June 20, 1943. In the ...

1943-06-20

War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945 circa 1941-1947

WRA no. B-573

Image

The Bancroft Library

Full title:Evacuees coming out of the Central Methodist church in Detroit after attending services on Sunday, June 20, 1943. In the group are: Miss Susie Itomura, who came to Detroit to work as a domestic from the Gila River Relocation Center; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nishimura, formerly of the Tule Lake Relocation Center, and the two evacuee boys just coming through the doors are George Kusimi (left) and George Fujiwara (right), both from Central Utah Relocation Center. These boys are both employed in foundry work here. Fujiwara was originally from San Francisco, where he worked in a commercial fishery. Neither of them had any previous foundry experience. Photographer: Graw, M. Detroit, Michigan.
Part of: War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

Researchers may make free and open use of the UC Berkeley Library’s digitized public domain materials. However, some materials in our online collections may be protected by U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use (Title 17, U.S.C. § 107) requires permission from the copyright owners. The use or reproduction of some materials may also be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, privacy and publicity rights, or trademark law. Responsibility for determining rights status and permissibility of any use or reproduction rests exclusively with the researcher. To learn more or make inquiries, please see our permissions policies (https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies).