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[Interior view of Mine and Toku's barrack, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[Interior view of Mine and Toku's barrack, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[Interior view of Mine and Toku's barrack, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

[Interior view of Mine and Toku's barrack, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.36
DescriptionA woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, stands at entrance of horse stable 50, her living quarters at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Okubo stands in a coat at left framed in doorway with number "50" appearing below window. Swinging half-door divides two rooms; two folded spring cots lean against wall in the rear room at right. Exposed nails stick out from walls and ground covered with dust. Cobweb in rear room. Roof and fourth wall not drawn so that viewer can see interior.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.

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