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Movie night at the grandstand, 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 flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, sits at back of crowd watching a movie in the grandstands of Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine's head and shoulders are visible in the bottom left corner next to a crying child. The large room is filled with people sitting on blankets at front and chairs or stools in the back. The movie screen is a distant rectangle at top right corner; the small figure of a man sits behind the projector up by the front rows. Windows line the wall across the top.

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  • Title: Movie night at the grandstand, 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, 2007.62.89)
  • 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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