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Walking to the laundry building for medical inspection, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A woman with shoulder-length hair, Mine Okubo, waits in laundry building after checking-in at Block 4 mess hall and walking through roped passage of cheering people between buildings at Central Utah Relocation Center, also known as Topaz, during World War II. Mine holds her bag to her chest as she stands with four other people in foreground right. A man in a hat standing opposite of them holds the end of a rope that extends through an open double-doorway into the distance where more people exit the mess hall.

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  • Title: Walking to the laundry building for medical inspection, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 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, 2007.62.125)
  • 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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