Departure postings at the Civil Control Station, Berkeley, California, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, looks for her name and family number posted on board for day of departure from San Francisco to Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California at the Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, California to on April 27, 1942 during World War II. Mine stands in profile with her hands behind her back at left looking at paper, "May 1." Two men and another woman look at board below sign, "Day for Departure." One man walks away at left while another man in hat and eyeglasses faces viewer in foreground right.
- Title: Departure postings at the Civil Control Station, 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, 2007.62.21)
- 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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