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Summary
Photograph of Members of the Mochida Family Awaiting Evacuation
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Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)
Title
Photograph of Members of the Mochida Family Awaiting Evacuation
Description
Scope and content: Original caption: Hayward, California. Members of the Mochida family awaiting evacuation bus. Identification tags are used to aid in keeping the family unit intact during all phases of evacuation. Mochida operated a nursery and five greenhouses on a two-acre site in Eden Township. He raised snapdragons and sweet peas. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
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