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[Meeting friends at visitor's room on top of the grandstand, 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 number2007.62.81
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, looks on as people visit friends from outside of the camp in a room at the top of the grandstand at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine stands with back to viewer looking over right shoulder at a couple talking with a visiting friend at right. The head and shoulders of a balding man, a girl and a little boy are visible in the foreground. Men, women, and children greet each other in the background. There is a table at the entrance located at the top center.
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