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Eating lunch while awaiting departure inside the Civil Control Station, Berkeley, California, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A group of people wait on chairs in the Civil Control Station on May 1, 1942. They are eating sandwiches and fruit given to them by church people while they wait for the bus that will take them to Tanforan Race Track. Mine is sitting in the center eating a sandwich. The group includes men, women, and children.
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- Title: Eating lunch while awaiting departure inside 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: 9.5 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
- Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.26)
- 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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