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[View of the camp, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[View of the camp, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[View of the camp, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

[View of the camp, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink, mat board
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.49
DescriptionA woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, sketches the new living quarters of incarcerated Japanese Americans, former horse stalls and barracks, at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine stands in profile, foreground right, near an open ditch with pencil and pad in hand looking at the camp. Planks and boards litter the ground where utility poles stand at midground. Two people sit and talk between doors lining one structure as another person enters another doorway. Three other barracks in background, right.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.

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