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TITLE Suitcase DESCRIPTION Suitcase Donald K. Sasaki, [family number] 40571 Metal, blue/black edging. 28 3/8"W x 16 7/8"D x 10 1/2"H CONTEXT Upon registration for removal to the relocation centers, Japanese Americans were issued a "family number," used from then on the identify themselves and their belongings during removal and internment. "You could only bring one little suitcase and handcase. They gave you the measurement -- it couldn't be this big or this high. So we didn't know what to expect. We sold all our things within two weeks. Put everything out front, sold my wedding presents and furniture for fifteen cents, twenty-five cents, and went into camp." Lili Sasaki, in Beyond Words: Image from America's Concentration Camps CREDIT Donald K. Sasaki Courtesy of National Japanese American Historical Society |
