Photo shows man standing on top of bus loading luggage while a group of people gather to say farewell, guardhouse in the background. Photo taken by Ansel Adams in 1943, at the Manzanar War Relocation Center. <br><br>On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Fear of a Japanese invasion and of subversive acts by Japanese Americans prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. The order designated the West Coast as a military zone from which "any or all persons may be excluded." Although not specified in the order, Japanese Americans were singled out for evacuation. More than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were removed from California, southern Arizona, and western Washington and Oregon and sent to ten relocation camps. Learn More
Photo shows the freight station at Elizabeth City, NC. It is the center for shipment of truck crops in the area. Great view of old freight trucks, cars and warehouses. This old photograph dates to 1940. Learn More
Photo shows Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 54 hundred horse power diesel freight locomotives in the roundhouse, Argentine, Kansas. Photo dates to 1943. Learn More
Photo shows view of street scene and apartment houses near the cathedral in the old part of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This old photo dates to 1941. Learn More
Photo showing view of workers in front of a tobacco warehouse in Durham, North Carolina. Great view of old tin advertising signs in front of the building. This old photo dates to 1940. Learn More
Photo shows Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant "H" class locomotive (3034) a bath of live steam, Clinton, Iowa. Photo dates to 1943. Learn More
