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[Luggage unloading at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[Luggage unloading at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[Luggage unloading at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

[Luggage unloading at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink, mat board
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.43
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, stands beside her brother, Toku, waiting for their luggage to be unloaded from a large two-trailer Bekins Truck amid stacks of boxes and luggage at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. In foreground right, Toku leans against a box looking toward the right, as Mine stands with back to viewer looking toward trucks; three other people stand beside them, two in hats. Two boxes with names and numbers on ground to left. People sort through stacks of boxes, suitcases and parcels at midground as men unload trailers parked at top left. More people and luggage in background in front of fence.

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