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[Awaiting registration at the Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California, 1942]
[Awaiting registration at the Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California, 1942]
[Awaiting registration at the Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California, 1942]

[Awaiting registration at the Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church, Berkeley, 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 number2007.62.20
DescriptionA woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, reads the "funnies" as she waits to be registered at the Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, California to on April 26, 1942 during World War II. Mine sits on a chair beside four other men in foreground facing the main hall away from viewer. The head and shoulders of a soldier with a rifle is visible at bottom left corner. The large hall is filled with individuals being questioned at tables and assigned a family number.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.

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