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[Carrying straw-filled mattresses home, 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 number2007.62.46
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A woman with strands of forelock in her face, Mine Okubo, carries a straw-filled mattress beside her brother, Toku, who carries his mattress over his shoulders as they leave the racetrack toward their new living quarters, a horse stall, at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine wears a plaid shirt at left while Toku wears dark patched pants and cross-patterned shirt at right. Seven people fill and carry their mattresses in the background, top left. Fence spans background.
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