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Mine and Toku assemble cots, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman, Mine Okubo, sits on bare spring cot as her brother, Toku, bends over to open another folded spring cot on ground at left at horse stable 50 at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Dressed in crosshatch dress, Mine leans forward on her proper right arm while holding other hand to the back of her neck and resting her boots on upside down folded cot. Suitcase and box at bottom left corner. Bug on ground at bottom right corner.
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- Title: Mine and Toku assemble cots, 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, 2007.62.37)
- 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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