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[Luggage delivery truck, 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 number2007.62.44
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, rides in the truckbed with her brother, Toku, and three other men amidst luggage past other loaded trucks at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Toku wears a dark coat and stands in profile facing right with forelock blowing in wind, while Mine holds onto luggage and the side of the truck as she looks over her proper right shoulder. A bag labeled "13660, Okubo" sits in front of her. A spectacled man leans over the edge of the truck near the cab holding his cigarette between his thumb and index finger.
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