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Centerville, California. Members of farm family await evacuation bus. In March they came from Santa Barbara County to Alameda County, so that all members of the family could be evacuated together. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

Centerville, California. Members of farm family await evacuation bus. In March they came from Santa Barbara County to Alameda County, so that all members of the family could be evacuated together. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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Centerville, California. Members of farm family await evacuation bus. In March they came from Santa Barbara County to Alameda County, so that all members of the family could be evacuated together. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
ArtistAmerican, 1895–1965
Printer
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Centerville, California. Members of farm family await evacuation bus. In March they came from Santa Barbara County to Alameda County, so that all members of the family could be evacuated together. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
DateMay 9, 1942, printed July 2025
Place depictedCenterville, California, United States
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 8 15/16 × 11 7/16 in. (22.7 × 29 cm)
 Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Sharon and Del Zogg
Object number2025.721
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Berkley, California, 1942 [1]; MFAH, 2025 [2].

[1] At the time of this photograph, Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) worked for War Relocation Authority to document the forced evacuation of Japanese Americans. The photos she took were impounded by the U.S. government and not released to the public until 2006. This photograph was taken on May 9, 1942.
[2] Due to the sensitive nature of the images, prints from this time are exceedingly rare, although the original negative has been preserved at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), College Park, Maryland, since 1942. The negatives are now considered public domain. This print is from No. 537573 in NARA records.

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