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Women waiting to use the washrooms and showers, 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, stands among other women waiting for a space at troughs that served as wash basins in washrooms at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine stands amongst five other women in foreground; one holds a bowl with towel at far right, while another faces the viewer in center; the other women stand with backs to viewer. Women brush their teeth and wash their faces at trough that bends around corner under signs, "Do not wash dishes" and "Do not laundry.". One mother washes a child's face.
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- Title: Women waiting to use the washrooms and showers, 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, 2007.62.72)
- 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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