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Army blanket distribution, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Mine Okubo and her brother Toku wait at a table inside a barrack to receive two army blankets each. A woman wearing eyeglasses stands behind the table and checks their names off a clipboard list with a pencil. A man holds up a blanket, right. Another man, wearing a hat, stands in midground, left. Folded blankets are piled on the floor in the far right background. Five windows line a back wall, in which beams and rafters are visible.

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  • Title: Army blanket distribution, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942
  • Creator: Mine Okubo
  • Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
  • Date Created: 1942-1944
  • Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
  • Physical Dimensions: H: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Japanese American National Museum. For licensing and reuse, contact JANM.
  • External Link: Mine Okubo Collection
  • Medium: ink, paper
  • Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.131)
  • Context: This is one of 198 ink drawings Mine Okubo included in Citizen 13660, her graphic memoir, which was the first of its kind and captured her experience at Tanforan and Topaz, during the two years in which she was incarcerated.
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