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Medical exam in laundry building, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A European American nurse checks the throat of a woman with shoulder-length hair, Mine Okubo, in the laundry building at Central Utah Relocation Center, also known as Topaz, during World War II. Mine opens her mouth as the tall nurse sticks a tongue depresser into her mouth and shines a flashlight down her throat. An older woman watches in foreground right as well as little boy waiting in line next to woman at left. A man holding a blanket sits at a table watching in background.

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  • Title: Medical exam in laundry building, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 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, 2007.62.126)
  • 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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