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![[Mine and Toku preparing for departure, Berkeley, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/809/thumbnail)
Tanforan Assembly Center
Maker
Hisako Hibi
(Japanese American, 1907 - 1991)
Date1942
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 16 in, W: 20 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Ibuki Hibi Lee
Object number96.601.1
DescriptionUnframed, stretched canvas.;Image of crowded rows of dark barracks in and around dirt racetrack at Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California. A blue bird flies overhead, top right. Green mountain in background. Written on lower right corner, "HISAKO HIBI / AUG. 1942"
Written on verso, "Tanforan Race Track Tanforan Seembly Center San Bruno, CA. we stayed May 8-Sept 23, 1942"
Written on verso, "Tanforan Race Track Tanforan Seembly Center San Bruno, CA. we stayed May 8-Sept 23, 1942"
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![[Departure postings at the Civil Control Station, Berkeley, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/808/thumbnail)
![[Boarding the Greyhound bus at the Civil Control Station for Tanforan Assembly Center, Berkeley, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/813/thumbnail)