German alien enemies interned in a government concentration camp on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, California during World War I. In the photograph, Inspector of Immigration, Frank Hays Jr., is seen having a conversation with the interned Germans. The image was taken on March 5, 1918, and released by the War College Division on March 19, 1918.

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