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Registering at the Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church, Berkeley, 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, walks past two soldiers with rifles as she enters a Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, California to register her brother and herself as a family unit of two on April 26, 1942 during World War II. Two soldiers guard the entrance of the hall in foreground. Mine stands with her back to the viewer, proper left hand raised and head turned toward the soldier on the right. Another soldier is visible through the doorway standing next to a table where a seated woman takes a man's information. More people and tables visible through another doorway in background.

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  • Title: Registering at the Civil Control Station at Pilgrim Hall of the First Congregational Church, Berkeley, 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
  • Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.19)
  • 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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