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Arrival of evacuees from Hawaii, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Evacuees from Hawaii disembark from army trucks at Topaz Relocation Center. They wear leis around their necks and carry suitcases. A barrack and army truck with additional arriving evacuees is depicted in the background. Three soldiers with rifles stand guard by the trucks, two in the background, one in the foreground.

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  • Title: Arrival of evacuees from Hawaii, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
  • Creator: Mine Okubo
  • Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
  • Date Created: 1942-1944
  • Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
  • Physical Dimensions: H: 10 in, W: 14.5 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, 2007.62.177)
  • 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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