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[Receiving room assignments at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 13.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.33
DescriptionA woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, leans over a table with her right knee on a bench while talking to a woman in charge of room assignments. Mine wears a vest over a short-sleeve top and skirt, and carries a bag across her shoulders. A jacket and wrapped parcel are placed on the bench beside her. A sack tagged with her family number, 13660, lies at her feet. To her right, a little girl sits on the bench, wearing a dress affixed with another number tag, 13740. A suitcase tagged with the same number sits in the foreground. Another woman stands in the right foreground.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.
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Hirasaki, Tetsuzo
1942
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