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[Arriving evacuees, 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 number2007.62.54
DescriptionA woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, watches the arrival of people and baggage from the grandstand balcony at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine stands in profile at far left in cross-patterned top on balcony. People unload baggage from four trucks in center while others walk along road at bottom right. Luggage is stacked against wall near doors below grandstand balcony at top left. Barracks extend into distance at top right.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.
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