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Waiting in line to see a movie, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, Calfiornia, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman with flipped forelock of hair and braids, Mine Okubo, stands in line to see a movie in the grandstands at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine's head and shoulders are visible in foreground right as she stands at back of line that curves along left edge over open ground into open doorway in distance. The crowd carries blankets and pillows; some sit on folding chairs or stools while they wait. Three men pass the time playing cards.
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- Title: Waiting in line to see a movie, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, Calfiornia, 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, 2007.62.88)
- 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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