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[Carrying mattresses to the barrack, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.130
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in.;Toku Okubo carries a tick mattress over his back to their newly assigned barrack at Topaz. Mine follows behind carrying a cloth bundle. Men unload mattresses from a truck stopped in the left midground. Five barracks are lined diagonally in the background. Tall mounds of dirt border both sides of the street.
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