The full caption for this photograph reads: San Bruno, California. Entering Recreational Hall where election is being held for Councilman. A general election for five members of the Tanforan Assembly Center Advisory Council is being held on this day. The Issei have never been able to vote before because of American naturalization laws.
Creator(s): Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. 2/16/1944-6/30/1946
From:
Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, 1942 - 1945
Record Group 210: Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1941 - 1989
Photographer: Dorothea Lange
National Archives Identifier: 537899
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