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[Waiting in lines, 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 number2007.62.87
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 in one of two long lines into two different barracks at the "Central Utah Relocation Center," also known as Topaz, during World War II. Mine's head and shoulders are visible in foreground left at the end of a line that extends to center barracks. A parallel line extends to barracks on left. There is a mess hall on the right and a mountain rises in the background.
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