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Resident I.D. card

Resident I.D. card

Grade Range: K-12
Resource Type(s): Artifacts
Date Posted: 4/16/2018

These identification cards were issued to residents of the internment camps. In order to exercise control and maintain surveillance over the population, internees were given family numbers and their physical characteristics were recorded.


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