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Awaiting registration at the Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, reads the "funnies" as she waits to be registered at the Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, California to on April 26, 1942 during World War II. Mine sits on a chair beside four other men in foreground facing the main hall away from viewer. The head and shoulders of a soldier with a rifle is visible at bottom left corner. The large hall is filled with individuals being questioned at tables and assigned a family number.
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- Title: Awaiting registration at the Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California, 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: paper, ink
- Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.20)
- 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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