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[Santa Ana, Calif., 11/14/45]
[Santa Ana, Calif., 11/14/45]
[Santa Ana, Calif., 11/14/45]

[Santa Ana, Calif., 11/14/45]

Maker (1907 - 1985)
Date1945
Mediumink, paper, tape
DimensionsH: 6 in, W: 9.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.2FG
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; 6 x 9.5 in.;Ink drawing of a woman seated on a bed within a barracks at Santa Ana Air Force Base, Santa Ana, California on November 14, 1945. The woman is seated with her back to the viewer, leaning on her left arm as she turns left to look down at child laying on bed next to her. The woman's hair is curly and above her shoulders. Her right hand extends toward the covered child, whose tousled head is visible next to a baby bottle. A bench is located in the center of the room. A man lays on his stomache on a bed on left side of barracks below clothes hanging on clothesline. Smokestack extends to ceiling. Open doorway in background reveals other barracks in distance.
Drawing 97.106.2FH on verso of same sheet.

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