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[Grandstand mess hall scene between meals, 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 number2007.62.91
DescriptionA woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, observes people passing time in a mess hall even when no meal was being served at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Back to the viewer, Mine stands with her hands clasped behind her back in foreground right; a man wearing a cap sits at table in front of her. One man listens to music on the radio with his chin in hand on a folded park bench at midground; a couple sits facing away from him and the viewer on other side of table. Three other people sit at tables in the background. A cook in chefs hat and apron talks to another man and woman at a counter at top left. Clusters of cups and condiments sit on tabletops.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.
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