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![[Mine and Toku with their first mess hall meal, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/829/preview)
![[Mine and Toku with their first mess hall meal, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/829/full)
[Mine and Toku with their first mess hall meal, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.41
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; 9.25 x 13 in.;A woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, center foreground, holds a plate of food as she and her brother Toku navigate the crowded mess hall for a place to sit. Surrounding them are rows of long tables filled with other evacuees finishing their meals.
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