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[Camp library, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]]
[Camp library, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]]
[Camp library, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]]

[Camp library, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.75 in, W: 14.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.94
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.75 x 14.5 in.;A woman in a cross-patterened shirt, Mine Okubo, stands in the left foreground, observing the activities in the camp library. A librarian in a floral-patterned shirt and glasses, stands at a wooden counter holding a book open. She holds a pencil in her right hand and speaks to a man in the midground. A boy reads a book at a table, a man with his back to the viewer sits at another table behind him, while a boy enters the library reading a book. Mostly empty shelves line the walls.

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