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Medical exam 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 with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, stands in a curtained cubicle for a medical examination. She wears a slip and carries her clothing and purse over her right arm. A nurse looks into her mouth with a flashlight. In a compartment next to her, a young girl is similarly examined by another nurse.

Details

  • Title: Medical exam 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: 10.5 in, W: 15 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, 2007.62.32)
  • 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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