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[Relocation mural]
[Relocation mural]
[Relocation mural]

[Relocation mural]

Date1942-1945
DimensionsH: 2.5 in, W: 3.625 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.17C
DescriptionMural titled, "Relocation," painted by high school student, Art Okusu, is propped on sawhorses against wall of wooden building. Mural depicts montage of various occupations, including woman and boy waving farwell at train station, welder, chemist, surgeon, surveyor, soldier, farmer, and painter. It is signed (illegible) at lower right of mural. Image has irregular scalloped border. Appears to be a different version from mural in JANM collection (88.25.125B).;1 photographic print : b&w

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