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First night at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A woman, Mine Okubo, and her brother, Toku, sleep under clothing and blankets on adjacent beds in their new living quarters, a former horse stall, at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine sleeps with covers up to her nose with extra clothing from her luggage spread over the blanket and sheet she had brought with her to keep warm in foreground; a suitcase sits on base of bed. Her head is at right edge near clock on crate that separates the siblings' beds. Toku sleeps on his side with covers up to his neck under pile of clothing and blanket and sheet. Top of a pair of boots is visible between the beds. Luggage at base of beds at left. Spider in top left corner.

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  • Title: First night 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: 9.25 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, 2007.62.48)
  • 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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