Keywords: Stockton, California. Arrival at Assembly center at 12-45 pm. This assembly center has been open f . . . - NARA - 537714.jpg Scope and content The full caption for this photograph reads Stockton California Arrival at Assembly center at 12 45 pm This assembly center has been open for one week This group was evacuated from their homes in the Lodi district grape area this morning Their identification numbers and family groups are checked by officials as they get off the bus They are then directed to the place where their baggage is checked for contraband After which they are medically examined and then proceed to their assigned place in the barracks Eight bus loads will arrive at this center today More than 70 000 citizens and aliens of Japanese ancestry have by this date been removed to assembly centers or in reception centers These evacuees have need for very little household equipment in this new life but many are seen bringing in new brooms General notes 537714 Local identifier 210-G-C382 Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority 02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946 NARA-Author Lange Dorothea 1895-1965 Photographer 1372774 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1942-05-19 Record group Record Group 210 Records of the War Relocation Authority 1941 - 1989 Record group ARC 537 Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority compiled 1942 - 1945 Series ARC 536000 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-210-G-C382 Other versions <gallery> File Stockton _California _Arrival_at_Assembly_center_at_12-45_pm _This_assembly_center_has_been_open_f_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_537714 tif tif File Stockton _California _Arrival_at_Assembly_center_at_12-45_pm _This_assembly_center_has_been_open_f_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_537714 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Dorothea Lange Stockton Assembly Center |