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[Waiting to use the bathrooms, 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 number2007.62.74
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A woman with filpped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, waits in line to use the women's toilet in the grandstands at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Dressed in cross-patterned top, Mine stands facing right among a group of women and children in foreground as the line extends along right toward a row of six closed stalls. Feet are visible in each stall.
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