Japanese Language Bulletin in Asia Company Store on East 1st Street

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Caption: 
Japanese language exclusion order posted in window of Asia Company dry goods general store at 251 East 1st Street in Little Tokyo. Owner Moro Bungoro moved his store to this location in 1907. Asia Company also had a storefront at 349 East 1st Street. The sign gives instructions to Japanese Americans about the internment.
Caption Written By: 
Jason McDonald
Archive: 
National Archives
Date Photographed: 
Saturday, April 11, 1942