Railroad stations / Departures / Women / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Relocation camps / Rations
Source :NARA-NWDNS
NaraID :210-G-K351


Photographer :Iwasaki, Hikaru
Personal Name :N/A
Topical Name :Colorado River Relocation Center
Geographical Name :N/A
Institution Name :War Relocation Authority

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.

Date :09/00/1945

State :AZ
Country :USA



Poston, Arizona. In the warm station, everyone stands in line again to claim his train ticket. After the final plans have been made, boxes packed, grants picked up, the residents of Poston are at last ready to leave the center. Now that so many of their friends have gone out before them, it is with anticipation rather than sorrow that the evacuees prepare to leave the place that for three years was home to them.

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