Aerial perspective of crowd boarding buses in front of Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, Los Angeles, California, 1942

Jack Iwata photograph, 1942. Bird's eye view of the Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, currently the Museum's Historic Building, as Japanese Americans are subjected to forced removal and incarceration.

Los Angeles, Calif., ca. 1942

Gift of Jack and Peggy Iwata, Japanese American National Museum (93.102.102)

1 negative : b&w; | Bird's eye view of Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple with crowd and autos in front. (4 negatives)

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