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Second night on the train, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1942

Miné Okubo1942-1945

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, tries to sleep on suitcase and train seat next to her brother, Toku, as they travel with other restless, exhausted inmates on their second night of the train ride from Tanforan Assembly Center in California to the "Central Utah Relocation Center," a concentration camp in Topaz, Utah during World War II. Dressed in cross-patterned top, Mine curls up with arms crossed and hands over her face, half on seat and half on suitcase, facing the viewer in foreground. Her brother leans back in seat with hands behind his head. Two old men wearing eyeglasses sit in the seat in front of them at left. Across the aisle, a man sits with his chin in hand while the man next to him sleeps.

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  • Title: Second night on the train, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1942
  • Creator: Mine Okubo
  • Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
  • Date Created: 1942-1945
  • 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, 2007.62.120)
  • 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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