internment

Thanks so much for sharing this photo. Our treatment of Japanese-Americans at this point in time was shameful. Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it.

I am really bothered by the the heading, "war emergency evacuation," as if Japanese Americans were rounded up and shipped off to the camps for their "own good." It shows that the U.S. government can say or do anything and justify it as a "war emergency."

They're preserving the titles of the photos as they were titled when they were taken. It's the Library of Congress historically documenting (and sharing with us) pieces of history. While that time period, and the subject matter is certainly sad and distasteful, I think it would be terrible if the LOC cleaned up the titles and other information to appeal to our modern sensibilities. It's much more important to get an accurate representation of history, imho. But I certainly understand where you're coming from- it was a terrible situation for the government to even conceive of internment camps, let alone put them into practice.

I agree with Jade. I appreciate the photo more because it has the original caption.

I agree with JadeEJF too. Doesn't change the fact that this is a shameful event in our history. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

this whole set of photos made me nostalgic for how america used to be, and how the country banded together during WWII and then blam! knocked me down a peg.

love the hair.

Why does it look like they have white make-up on?

Really great that they were still optimistic, considering what they were going through. -- Seen in your 1930s-40s in Color set. (?)

personally madkt I´m glad the US is not the way it used to be placing it´s citizens in made up prisons and calling them camps under the pretext of war. I found yr comment extremely disturbing and really out of place

Wow, I never knew Ansel took this photo. I think one of the biggest black eyes in fairly recent US history was putting Japanese Americans into interment camps. After all, we didn't put German Americans into camps during WW2. Oh, I see, the Germans did not have slanted eyes.

the baseball memorabilia at Manazanar - at the museum - are among the most moving artifacts in the collection.

Thanks, budderflyman I think you are wise...as Adams who recorded this moment.

Easy to make judgments sitting in 2009 and in your cozy home. They bombed the crap out of the US in an undeclared war - even Hitler thought they were nuts.

Hello!? - Hiroshima? Nagasaki?