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[Hearse arriving at camp hospital, 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 number2007.62.59
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A woman with filpped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, observes two European American men arrive at hospital with hearse parked in front upon the death of an inmate at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Visible from the shoulders up in bottom right corner, Mine and another woman look at the two men in hats, bow ties and jackets as they walk toward left in foreground. A hearse with patched roof sits in midground with doors open while old men, one leaning on a cane, watch from barracks across the way.
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