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[Reporting for departure, 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 number2007.62.114
DescriptionA woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, reports with her brother, Toku, to bull pen on September 16th where their luggage is searched in preparation for leaving for the Central Utah Relocation Project, also known as Topaz, from Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. In bottom right corner foreground, Mine and Toku wait as a man in suit and hat looks at their papers, "Family 13660." People walk away and toward inspection table areas at midground. People hand luggage out barracks windows in background.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.
Hirasaki, Tetsuzo
1942