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[Walking to the laundry building for medical inspection, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]
[Walking to the laundry building for medical inspection, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]
[Walking to the laundry building for medical inspection, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]

[Walking to the laundry building for medical inspection, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink, mat board
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.125
DescriptionA woman with shoulder-length hair, Mine Okubo, waits in laundry building after checking-in at Block 4 mess hall and walking through roped passage of cheering people between buildings at Central Utah Relocation Center, also known as Topaz, during World War II. Mine holds her bag to her chest as she stands with four other people in foreground right. A man in a hat standing opposite of them holds the end of a rope that extends through an open double-doorway into the distance where more people exit the mess hall.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.

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