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[Eating lunch while awaiting departure inside the Civil Control Station, Berkeley, California, 1942]
[Eating lunch while awaiting departure inside the Civil Control Station, Berkeley, California, 1942]
[Eating lunch while awaiting departure inside the Civil Control Station, Berkeley, California, 1942]

[Eating lunch while awaiting departure inside the Civil Control Station, Berkeley, California, 1942]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 13.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.26
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A group of people wait on chairs in the Civil Control Station on May 1, 1942. They are eating sandwiches and fruit given to them by church people while they wait for the bus that will take them to Tanforan Race Track. Mine is sitting in the center eating a sandwich. The group includes men, women, and children.

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