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Waiting in line at the canteen, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, pushes her way into crowd in canteen at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Dressed in cross-patterned shirt, Mine tries to get to the counter while another woman's hand is in her face. In the foreground a woman carries a child, left and a balding man stands among children at right. Men and women push their way toward the counter at the back where two men wait on people. Shelves are stocked behind them.
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- Title: Waiting in line at the canteen, 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, 2007.62.86)
- 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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