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Waiting in line for supper, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman, Mine Okubo, stands in center foreground with her arms crossed in long line for supper at the mess hall in the grandstand at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Her brother, Toku, stands behind her in profile facing right. A woman wearing a fur collared coat stands with two children in front of her. Three lines extend from doorways at right into the distance. People are bundled in jackets and hats.
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- Title: Waiting in line for supper, 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
- Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.39)
- 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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