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[Interior of Mine and Toku's barrack, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]
[Interior of Mine and Toku's barrack, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]
[Interior of Mine and Toku's barrack, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]

[Interior of Mine and Toku's barrack, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.132
DescriptionA woman, Mine Okubo, stands in profile in the left foreground of the room she shares with her brother Toku and a college student they met at camp. Two blankets stamped with "U.S.", partition Mine's area. One of the men is lying down in his cot while the other sits and reads in his. At the foot of his cot, rests a sack with the number 13660. A small bookcase is placed against the wall at the head of the cots. Trunks, wooden crates, shoes, books, a cooking pot and cans are scattered about the room. The two north facing windows look out onto another barrack and electric poles.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in.

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