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[Waiting in line to receive vaccinations, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.55
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.5 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, stands in long winding line waiting to get typhoid and small pox vaccinations in the first month at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Dressed in cross patterned jacket, Mine looks to right as she stands with back to viewer behind a woman wearing eyeglasses at bottom left corner. People stand in lines and check in at tables in midground. Barracks and utility poles in background.
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