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[Inside the mess hall at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.40
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;Women, children and men hold out plates to receive food as they stand in crowded mess hall lines at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Sweating cooks dole out the potatoes with their bare hands at midground as the line passes in front of table in foreground toward the right. Another line is visible in background. Mine Okubo is partially visible at end of front line, far left.
Muramoto, Walter
1942-1945
Muramoto, Walter
1942-1945
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