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Bachelor's quarters in the grandstand, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Woman with shoulder-length hair, Mine Okubo, stands at edge of bachelor "dorm" in the racetrack grandstand of the Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Dressed in plaid jacket, Mine stands in profile with rectangular object under her arm in foreground right at the foot of a bed where an unshaven, balding man plays cards, possibly solitaire. Row of beds with clothes hanging from wooden frames and ropes extends into background. Another man lies on a bed reading. Two parallel rows of beds are visible at top left.

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  • Title: Bachelor's quarters in the grandstand, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, 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, mat board
  • Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.64)
  • 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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