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[Arrival at the Civil Control Station, Berkeley, 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 number2007.62.25
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, stands beside her brother, Toku, looking at luggage stacked on sidewalk around the Civil Control Station in Northern California prior to being removed to Tanforan Assembly Center at Tanforan racetrack during World War II. Wearing a black bag across her shoulders, Mine stands with back to viewer, looking left toward suitcases, trunks and parcels labeled with names and numbers extending down sidewalk lined with bare trees into distance. Toku's head and shoulders are visible in bottom right corner. Greyhound bus, "U Specials," parked in street in center. "No Parking on this street" sign next to the siblings, right. Trees and tops of houses and utility pole visible in background.
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