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Dishwashing counter at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo brings a plate and cup to the dishwashing counter of the mess hall at Tanforan Assembly Center. Mine stands with her back to the viewer, looking left at a group of men cleaning, rinsing, and stacking dishes behind a row of sinks. A small boy stands to her left holding his plate and cup.
Details
- Title: Dishwashing counter at 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: 9.5 in, W: 13.5 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, 2007.62.42)
- 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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