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Fence and watchtower construction, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo stands in the right foreground with a man wearing eyeglasses and a knit hat, observing a group of evacuees install fence posts around camp. A worker in the left ground places a wooden post in a hole. Five men behind him dig holes and install more posts. Barracks are visible in the background.

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  • Title: Fence and watchtower construction, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
  • Creator: Mine Okubo
  • Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
  • Date Created: 1942-1944
  • Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
  • Physical Dimensions: H: 9.75 in, W: 14.5 in
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Japanese American National Museum. For licensing and reuse, contact JANM.
  • External Link: Mine Okubo Collection
  • Medium: ink, paper
  • Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.154)
  • 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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