United States Department of Justice Alien Registration Certificate
date: label: date made
content: 02-4-1942
notes: label: Description
content: This small packet of paper is a United States Department of Justice Alien Registration Certificate. It contains critical information about the Japanese immigrant, in this case, Satoshi Yoshizato. It contains his name, address, picture, height, weight, color of hair, distinctive marks, and his fingerprint as well as other information. This comprehensive booklet was required to be carried at all times by any Japanese immigrant. The Japanese weren't allowed to be naturalized until after WWII, so this was an important document that allowed the U.S. government to identify these immigrants. There were strict rules on where the Japanese could go, and where their Certificate of Identification would be required to be shown. Even for people who had lived in the U.S. for many years, like Yoshizato who had lived in the states for 32 years.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
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content: Executive Order 9066
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: gift of Ron Mori
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0184.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0184
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0184.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: United States of America Alien Registration Certificate
label: Object Name
content: Alien Registration Certificate
label: Object Name
content: Alien Registration Identification Certificate
label: Object Name
content: alien registration identification certificate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 9.525 cm