Resident I.D. card
date: label: date made
content: 1942
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
title: label: Title
content: Resident I.D. card
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Military
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Japanese American Internment Era
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ko Takemoto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3083.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3083
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3083.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: identification card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.588 cm x 10.16 cm; 2 3/16 in x 4 in