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Arrival at the Civil Control Station, Berkeley, California, 1942

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, stands beside her brother, Toku, looking at luggage stacked on sidewalk around the Civil Control Station in Northern California prior to being removed to Tanforan Assembly Center at Tanforan racetrack during World War II. Wearing a black bag across her shoulders, Mine stands with back to viewer, looking left toward suitcases, trunks and parcels labeled with names and numbers extending down sidewalk lined with bare trees into distance. Toku's head and shoulders are visible in bottom right corner. Greyhound bus, "U Specials," parked in street in center. "No Parking on this street" sign next to the siblings, right. Trees and tops of houses and utility pole visible in background.

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  • Title: Arrival at the Civil Control Station, Berkeley, 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, 2007.62.25)
  • 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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