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View almost due west from Santa Anita Race track Clubhouse roof over portion of housing put up for the evacuees at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Note training track in the center of photo. Beyond it can be seen houses in Santa Anita Village. This entire area became part of Fashion Park later. This photo, together with photos #655 and 656, form a panorama.

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Date: April 1942

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Date: April 1942

Subjects: Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Buildings and grounds; Santa Anita Park-1942-1945; Fashion Park

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 654

Collection: Photographs

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Honorary degrees were awarded to Japanese-American former Pasadena City College students who had their educations cut short by internment during World War II. Japanese-American "nisei" students at what was then Pasadena Junior College never got the chance to graduate with the Class of 1942. One honorary graduate, Fusae Hamane (died in 1997), born and raised in Pasadena, was told to report to Santa Anita Park race track before being sent to a camp in Gila Bend, AZ. The graduation came 68 years later.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 19, 2010

Pages: p. A6

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 19, 2010

Pages: p. A6

Subjects: California Nisei College Diploma Project; Hamane, Fusae; Kuromiya, Yoshito; Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese; Utsunomiya, Wade; Yoshihashi, Tokuji

Item ID: 32287AN

Collection: Newspaper Index