Residents, of Japanese ancestry, appearing at the Civil control station for registration in response to the Army's exclusion order No. 20—The evacuees will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration, San Francisco, California

April 1942

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

This is a photograph of a group of individuals standing in line along a city street. The image shows people dressed in formal or uniform attire queuing outside a building with a guard or official monitoring the line. The street is lined with ornate, multi-story buildings with decorative facades. There is a vintage car parked on the side of the street. The scene features architectural details such as bay windows, cornices, and external moldings, indicating a well-established urban area. This black and white image conveys a sense of order and anticipation in the cityscape.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to John Dixon, her son, Orinda, CA, 1965; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 20 December 2016; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, 2023 - 2024, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, center in graphite inverted: A571; bottom left in graphite: J114


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