Sign hung in Storefront of a Japanese American family's business
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Sign hung in storefront of a Japanese American family's business

Tatsuro Matsuda, whose family owned the Wanto Co. grocery store, hung this sign in front of the store, Oakland, California, March 1942. The store was closed following orders for the evacuation of Americans of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees were forcibly deported to relocation centers.


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