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![[Family stove, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]](/internal/media/dispatcher/733/thumbnail)
![[Eating in the mess hall, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]](/internal/media/dispatcher/730/preview)
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[Eating in the mess hall, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.142
DescriptionA woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, sits at a crowded mess hall table at meal time. Women, men, and children sit shoulder to shoulder with plates of food in front of them. Salt and pepper shakers, tea cups and crackers are also on the table. A man in the left background puts his hands together to say grace, and a mother sitting to Mine's left, spoon feeds a small child.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in.
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![[Overcrowding in barrack, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/724/thumbnail)
![[Mine and Toku with their first mess hall meal, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/829/thumbnail)
![[Working at the Topaz Times, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/720/thumbnail)
1942-1945
![[Inside the mess hall at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/827/thumbnail)