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Primary Source — en-denshopd-p25-00049-1

"Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry," Apr. 24, 1942, posted in Seattle, Washington.

Courtesy of Densho, the Yamada Collection

Densho ID: ddr-densho-25-49

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