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At the French consulate in Berne, Switzerland, 1939

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, sits at a table listening to refugees retelling their experiences on the last boat leaving Bordeaux, France for America before the United States entered World War II. Dressed in a striped pinafore over collared blouse, Mine rests her chin in proper left hand at top left listening to woman seated across the table gesturing with open arms with her back to viewer, center. A man with worry lining his face sits with hands clasped at bottom right. Another woman holds her hand to her face at bottom left. Mustached man in bowtie sits next to Mine talking to someone else as older woman wearing glasses listens at far right. Four other people talk in background behind Mine.

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  • Title: At the French consulate in Berne, Switzerland, 1939
  • 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: paper, ink
  • Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.9)
  • 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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