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Working at the Topaz Times, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942

Miné Okubo1942-1944

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A woman seated at a table in the left foreground, Mine Okubo, eats a sandwich at the Topaz Times, where she works. Unwrapped in front of her, are five slices of bread, a jar of jelly and a knife. A woman in a head scarf and floral patterned shirt works at a table beside her. A man in a hunting cap sits behind them in the midground reading a paper with his feet propped on a table. In the background, four men and one woman assemble papers, rest, or finish lunch. Stacks of papers, pots, cups and a cardboard box sit on the work tables. A kettle warms atop a wood-burning stove, left midground.

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  • Title: Working at the Topaz Times, 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: 9.75 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, 2007.62.134)
  • 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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