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Historic Matched Pair 1942 Japanese-American Internment Order Broadsides

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Historic Matched Pair 1942 Japanese-American Internment Order Broadsides
Historic Americana
Historic 1942 Japanese-American “Internment Order” Rare Original Matched Pair of Broadside Posters CA West Coast
1942-Dated World War II Period, Matched Pair of Two, Official United States Army Issued Japanese Internment Broadside Posters, each measuring 22” x 14" tall folio, Choice Crisp Extremely Fine+.
This important Pair (2) are original Broadside Posters that were issued by the U.S. Army in 1942 directly regarding the Internment of Japanese-American citizens. Each Broadside is boldly printed in deep black on white paper, meant to be posted within special locations for display in various communities around California, providing notice of these Special Orders and how to comply.

1. Broadside entitled: “Notice. Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, California, May 11, 1942. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 65,” by Lt. Gen. J.L. DeWitt, at San Francisco, being an announcement regarding Japanese Internment, in 1942. This specific order was for the Counties of Sonoma, Napa and Marin, California, having the county names specifically imprinted. John L. DeWitt administered the Japanese internment program. This Broadside is a list of the four major points, under Order No. 65.

2. Broadside entitled: “Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration, Presidio of San Francisco, California, May 11, 1942, Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry.” This Broadside gives instructions for the evacuation and the location of the Civil Control Station, “201 B Street, Corner, Third and B Streets, Santa Rosa, California.” This is an excellent example of Order number 65.

There is slight expected edge tone to the heavy white card stock attesting to its originality and very minor edge chips on each broadside, they have never been folded, and are in very nice strong condition, being ready for proper framing and display. We have previously sold a similar, single example of the Order No. 99 in our EAHA Auction, May 10, 2007, Lot 610, which sold at $1,888. and also a single example of Order No. 41, which sold in our EAHA Auction, March 27, 2010, Lot 400, at $1,062. This current auction is for Two Matched, yet with different information, Broadsides, having been issued for the same location. (Pair of 2 Broadsides)
After the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor, Proclamation #2525 gave blanket authority to the Attorney General to do a sweep of suspects. By the end of the Month, all Japanese banks, cameras, arms, and short wave radios had been seized and Japanese schools were closed. The Internment of Japanese people in California began in January. After the Pearl Harbor attack, anti-Japanese hysteria swept the country. On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the War Department to remove “all persons” from designated military areas. Over 110,000 Japanese-Americans, more than two-thirds of whom were born in the United States, were required to report to internment camps for the duration of the war. They were forced to give up their property and their jobs and to live in remote areas in the interior of the country, surrounded by barbed wire and watch towers, manned by guards who were instructed to shoot anyone who tried to leave. A vivid reminder of a very dark day in the history of our country.