RARE AMERICAN INTERNMENT CAMP PAINTING, TULE LAKE, CALIFORNIA, DATED 1944: Signed LL, unframed, 13 1/4'' x 19 3/4'', Japanese inscription upper right. Over 120,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes in 1942 and placed in these internment camps throughout the country. Tule Lake alone housed over 29,000.