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[Shopping at the canteen, 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 number2007.62.85
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, looks with surprise at the empty counter and shelves of the canteen at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Dressed in cross-patterned shirt, Mine stands at left looking toward long counter at midground with signs, "No Candy, Ice cream," "No Cigarettes," "No Soap." One man looks up from reading a newspaper to look at her while another raises his open hands in front of him. Two other men lounge in front of open shelves further down the counter, top left. Man in hat and coat, woman wearing headkerchief and a girl in eyeglasses depart empty store in foreground. Empty box and litter on ground at bottom right corner.
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Muramoto, Walter
1942-1945
Muramoto, Walter
1942-1945
Muramoto, Walter
1942-1945