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First Christmas at camp, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A family gathers around a cast iron stove to celebrate their first Christmas in camp. Two boys and one girl sit on the floor. The father, left midground, sits on a wooden crate and shows his son how to play with a button and string toy. The mother seated on another wooden crate, right midground, wears an apron and holds a tray of drinks. A cat sleeps in front of the stove; three wrapped parcels and a bare tree decorated with a single star, occupy the left ground; socks and towels hang on a linein the background.

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  • Title: First Christmas at camp, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
  • Creator: Mine Okubo
  • Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
  • Date Created: 1942-1944
  • Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
  • Physical Dimensions: H: 9.75 in, W: 14.5 in
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Japanese American National Museum. For licensing and reuse, contact JANM.
  • External Link: Mine Okubo Collection
  • Medium: ink, paper
  • Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.155)
  • 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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