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Unfinished camp construction, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman in a cross-patterned shirt, Mine Okubo stands with her back to the viewer, surveying the unfinished portion of the camp. Her brother Toku stands next to her in profile. A soldier holding a rifle, sits in a wooden booth in the right midground. Part of a single-story building with two chimney vents and two windows, occupies the left midground. Three utility poles line a curving dirt road. An unobstructed view of mountains and fields lie in the distance, as fences and watch towers have yet to be built.
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- Title: Unfinished camp construction, 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: ink, paper
- Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.135)
- 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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