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[Mine and Toku search for their baggage, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.133
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in.;A woman in a cross-patterned shirt and jeans, Mine Okubo, perches atop a stack of wooden crates, leaning forward to search for her luggage among thousands in a baggage holding room. Her brother Toku stands next to her. The room is filled with crates upon which family names and numbers are written. In the background, other internees search for their belongings. Eight windows are visible on the back wall.
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Fukuzaki, Ben
ca. 1943-1955
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