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Boarding the bus in Delta, Utah, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Military policeman guards Mine Okubo and a man with two children as they get onto a bus in Delta, Utah headed toward the "Central Utah Relocation Center," a concentration camp in Topaz, Utah after a train ride from Tanforan Assembly Center in California during World War II. The hood of bus with open door dominates foreground as people gather behind it. MP stands with rifle over his shoulder beside open door. Mine stands behind MP facing viewer as boy in cap enters bus, followed by man in coat and hat; other child trails on other side of door at far left.
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- Title: Boarding the bus in Delta, 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: paper, ink, mat board
- Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.121)
- 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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