2008.32.3.4

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(women waiting for men to be searched for contraband, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
(women waiting for men to be searched for contraband, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942
4.875 in HIGH x 6.5 in WIDE
(12.38 cm HIGH x 16.51 cm WIDE)
Gift of the Estate of the artist
2008.32.3.4

signed "Mine" in image, BR
Lined up and searched for contraband. - Text accompanying image in old non-archival housing (see object file)
TOM, "Mine Okubo: An American Experience," 1972.





Clich_s-verre on paper. The image contains a group of four figures sitting in the foreground at bottom. Soldiers search a line of men and women in the background across the upper part of the composition.

"My brother and I were separated at this point. I was asked to sit on the bench with the women and wait while my brother lined up with the men and was searched from head to toe for contraband. Straight-edged razors, knives more than four inches long, and liquor were considered contraband." (p. 30, Citizen 13660) Caption with image, "Lined up and searched for contraband."

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