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Walking with guide to Barrack 16, Room 50, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, looks back towards the viewer as she and her brother Toku follow a guide to their room assignment (Barrack 16, Room 50). Mine and Toku carry suitcases over muddy ground and through tall weeds as rain begins to fall. Barracks and a utility pole are visible in the background.
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- Title: Walking with guide to Barrack 16, Room 50, 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: 10.5 in, W: 15.5 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, 2007.62.34)
- 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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