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[Inspection of evacuees for contraband, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[Inspection of evacuees for contraband, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[Inspection of evacuees for contraband, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

[Inspection of evacuees for contraband, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink, mat board
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 13.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.31
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo sits on a bench in the left foreground with two other women and one girl, waiting for the male evacuees in the assembly center to be searched for contraband. A line of men and boys in the background await inspection. At the front of the line, two men and one boy, two with their hands in the air, are being patted down.

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