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Our basement carp. shop. S.F., 11-20-43
Our basement carp. shop. S.F., 11-20-43
Our basement carp. shop. S.F., 11-20-43

Our basement carp. shop. S.F., 11-20-43

Maker (1907 - 1985)
Date1942-1943
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.375 in, W: 6 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.1U
Description2 drawings on paper (1 sheet) : ink ; top image 4.625 x 6, bottom image 4.75 x 6 in, on sheet 9.375 x 6 in.;Ink sketches of Santa Fe Justice Department concentration camp life in November 1943.
Top sketch depicts a man, S. Ando, standing with back to the viewer working at a long counter in the basement carpentry shop ; two other people seen through partitions working in the background.
Bottom sketch is a view of snow-covered barracks in a winter landscape ; one building stands in foreground right with leafless trees ; mountains in the distance.
Drawing 97.106.1V is on verso of same sheet.

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