Fourteen soldiers stand guard alongside Pacific Electric Tracks as a contingent of Japanese people, who have just arrived on these railroad cars, prepares to go to their assigned quarters at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.
Helmeted soldiers stand guard as a group of Japanese who have just arrived on Pacific Electric Rail cars prepare to go to assigned quarters at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. One young mother sits on a bench with her arm around her baby.
View of small group of Japanese who have just arrived on Pacific Electric Railroad cars on right. On the left can be seen approximately eight helmeted military guards standing at ready in front of Barracks-like quarters people will live in at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.
Photo shows elevated sentry box at SW corner of Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Two soldiers are standing on top of box, and another is on the telephone inside. Present Arboretum would be located in trees behind sentry box.
Thirteen newly arrived internees at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese, many of them small children. They are seen filing toward a processing point. Three staff members stand on right, identified by arm bands. Automobiles are lined up behind. Housing units are also shown. The word INDUCTION is written across bottom of photo.
In this photo, one staff member in dark sweater leans on large table set up to check belongings of new arrivals to Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Approximately twelve Japanese wait for the check. Other staff members and police are standing about one large truck and two autos.
Evacuees of Japanese ancestry arriving a Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese from San Pedro. They are lined up with their vehicles loaded and waiting to be checked in. Note road to Chantry Flats seen over roof tops.
Lone army sentry patrolling outside fence of Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. White fencing encloses training track which was located alongside Baldwin Avenue, approximately where west parking area for Fashion Park (now Westfield Santa Anita mall) is now. Palm trees seen on left side, would be on grounds of present Arboretum.
Line of evacuees at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese, headed by a mother holding a small girl, begin to come by serving area to select food from the 7 staff members ready to help.
Japanese lady stands on running board of a car that apparently has just brought her and some of her family with their few allowed belongings to the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Another car waits in line for the processing. Two Japanese men and a policeman stand nearby.
View of part of dishwashing operation at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Five staff members are involved stacking metal plates and using dishwashing machine.
Medical staff member looks at throat of a small boy at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Boy is wearing a sailor suit and clutching a teddy bear. Photo was taken outdoors.
Long line of evacueees at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese, are lined up apparently entering one of the mess halls, shown on the right. Pepper trees are planted in this area near housing units.
A doctor checks hand of evacuees as they line up near Pacific Electric Railroad cars which brought them to Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Military personnel look on.
Medical staff administering health check-ups and giving inoculations. Two persons are seated at a table, and nine others are giving shots or waiting for treatment at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.
Seen in line to pick up metal food plates at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese, are a woman first, followed by 5 small children. A man in striped shirt stands behind children, and last in line is man with zippered jacket.
Staff member in dark leather jacket with arm band, talks with a seated man, probably father of the boy and girl who stand by, and husband of wife standing waiting their turn at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.