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[Women waiting to use the washrooms and showers, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink, mat board
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.72
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, stands among other women waiting for a space at troughs that served as wash basins in washrooms at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine stands amongst five other women in foreground; one holds a bowl with towel at far right, while another faces the viewer in center; the other women stand with backs to viewer. Women brush their teeth and wash their faces at trough that bends around corner under signs, "Do not wash dishes" and "Do not laundry.". One mother washes a child's face.
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