TYPE: Broadside (Kawaraban)
COMPONENTS: 22 x 14 inches
CONDITION: Faint damp staining in corners
LANGUAGE
Japanese
ITEM ID: 793
Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41. Broadside
DATE
Year: 1942
Decade: 1940s
Century: 20th (1901-2000)
Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41. Broadside. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, 5 May 1942. Orders that “all persons of Japanese ancestry” are to be excluded from the neighborhood of San Francisco near the Presidio. Orders that “a responsible member of each family” must report for registration over the next two days, and that all Japanese must evacuate the neighborhood within six days.
Asia/Africa
This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.
