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Hearse arriving at camp hospital, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A woman with filpped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, observes two European American men arrive at hospital with hearse parked in front upon the death of an inmate at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Visible from the shoulders up in bottom right corner, Mine and another woman look at the two men in hats, bow ties and jackets as they walk toward left in foreground. A hearse with patched roof sits in midground with doors open while old men, one leaning on a cane, watch from barracks across the way.

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  • Title: Hearse arriving at camp hospital, 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, 2007.62.59)
  • 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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