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Evacuees boarding train to Topaz, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942][
Evacuees boarding train to Topaz, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942][
Evacuees boarding train to Topaz, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942][

Evacuees boarding train to Topaz, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942][

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink, mat board
DimensionsH: 10 in, W: 14.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.116
DescriptionPeople walk through gates carrying luggage and children past friends behind fences and soldiers with rifles toward waiting train on September 16th to depart for the Central Utah Relocation Center, also known as Topaz, from Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. In bottom right corner foreground, three men and a woman watch departure from behind barbed wire. Some people wave as they leave, walking between two buildings and a manned guardhouse. Six soldiers with rifles on shoulders stand in open area in front of train.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 10 x 14.5 in., matted 16 x 20 in.

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