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[First night at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[First night at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[First night at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

[First night at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink, mat board
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.48
DescriptionA woman, Mine Okubo, and her brother, Toku, sleep under clothing and blankets on adjacent beds in their new living quarters, a former horse stall, at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine sleeps with covers up to her nose with extra clothing from her luggage spread over the blanket and sheet she had brought with her to keep warm in foreground; a suitcase sits on base of bed. Her head is at right edge near clock on crate that separates the siblings' beds. Toku sleeps on his side with covers up to his neck under pile of clothing and blanket and sheet. Top of a pair of boots is visible between the beds. Luggage at base of beds at left. Spider in top left corner.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.

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