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Teacher and students in classroom, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman in a cross-patterned shirt, Mine Okubo, stands in the right foreground of a classroom. A teacher holding a pointer, stands behind a desk with two books and a globe placed upon it. Twelve children, seated in three rows of desks are engaged in various activities: a girl in the first row is knitting, two boys are playing cards and several children appear to be sleeping. A cat stands in the foreground under a desk.
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- Title: Teacher and students in classroom, 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, 2007.62.165)
- 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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