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[Women's community toilets, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink, mat board
DimensionsH: 10 in, W: 14.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.73
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 10 x 14.5 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A woman with shoulder-length hair, Mine Okubo, walks through women's community toilet at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Dressed in cross-patterned top and jeans, Mine walks toward the right away from toilets. Behind her there are two empty toilets partitioned from another pair where a woman sits with her head in her hands as a child stands nearby. Top of another woman's head is visible above a partition separating the next row of toilets.
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Uemura, Susan Hashizume
1953-1954
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