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Obtaining drinking water, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman in the center foreground, Mine Okubo looks over her shoulder at the viewer, while standing in line to obtain drinking water from a well. Women, men and children wait in line carrying buckets and other containers to transport water. A camp building sits behind the well structure. One electric pole is visitble in the left background.
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- Title: Obtaining drinking water, 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: 10 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, 2007.62.141)
- 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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