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![[Dishwashing counter at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/830/preview)
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[Dishwashing counter at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink, mat board
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 13.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.42
DescriptionA woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo brings a plate and cup to the dishwashing counter of the mess hall at Tanforan Assembly Center. Mine stands with her back to the viewer, looking left at a group of men cleaning, rinsing, and stacking dishes behind a row of sinks. A small boy stands to her left holding his plate and cup.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.
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Muramoto, Walter
1942-1945
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