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House captain taking roll for curfew, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman with filpped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, sticks her tongue out at the barrack's house captain who made twice daily checks on other inmates at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Dressed in cross-patterned top, Mine sits on bench at table at right, turning to stick out her tongue at a man in a hat and vest holding a pen and paper at left. Wooden walls directly behind them. Mine appears to have been painting as she holds a brush in her proper right hand. Partial view of exterior visible behind man.
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- Title: House captain taking roll for curfew, 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: 10 in, W: 14.5 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, 2007.62.60)
- 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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