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Telling Our Stories: Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley, 1910's - 1970's

Tule Lake (Tule Lake Internment Camp 1945)


Published: April 7, 2008 Modified: April 11, 2025

Amongst the internment camps across the county, Tule Lake was home to the those who were detained from other camps because they were thought to be potential enemies of America. Even many mothers and children were not exempt from this high security camp.

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Tule Lake Internment Camp 1945

Photograph contributed by Bill Watanabe. Names of people: Unknown
Date: 1945
Place: Tule Lake, CA, U.S.A.
Photograph by: Unknown
Photo size: Unknown
Description: A picture of mother's and their newborn children while at Tule Lake, California internment camp during World War II in 1945.
© California State University, Northridge 2008
For more information about this project, please contact:
Edith Chen, Professor Asian American Studies Dept.
18111 Nordhoff St., JR 340
Northridge, CA 91330-8251
edith.chen@csun.edu
818-677-4966
Nancy Takayama
San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center
nt.high.mtn@juno.com

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