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[New barrack construction, 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 number2007.62.50
DescriptionA woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, watches carpenters working overtime to build barracks in the center field of the racetrack at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Visible from the torso up, Mine stands with back to viewer, foreground left. Three planks lean against incomplete barracks floor, leading viewer's eye into structure where a man stands between struts supporting wall frames and hands a long beam to another man atop frame. Another man in overalls and cap stands on wall frame holding a beam. A carpenter carries a saw horse at bottom right. An unfinished barracks is partially visible at top left.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.
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