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[Induction at Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 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 number2007.62.124
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, checks in at Block 4 mess hall at Central Utah Relocation Center, also known as Topaz, upon arriving from Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Three inductors, two women and a man, dominate the midground as they sit a table to register new arrivals. The male inductor holds a pencil and looks at Mine who gestures and looks toward her brother, Toku, in center foreground. Woman inductor sitting at left holds up a card and looks at Mine, also. A couple waits with backs to viewer at bottom right corner. Woman inductor a left signs in person in hat at left. In distance, similar scene of people checking in with inductors.
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