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Life of the American Ghetto
Life of the American Ghetto
Life of the American Ghetto

Life of the American Ghetto

Maker (1899 - 1990)
Date1942-1945
Mediumpencil, paper
DimensionsH: 8.5 in, W: 10.75 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineJapanese American National Museum
Object number94.195.7U
DescriptionPencil drawing of people gathered on a hill topped with a cross overlooking barracks and watchtowers. Three fenceposts with wire in foreground. In the distance a crowd of people with heads distinguished by circles stand atop a hill, right ; cross tops hill. Rows of barracks and three watchtowers visible in background. Sky and ground roughly shaded. Two vertical lines extend from top to bottom down the center of drawing ; a large and small rectangle are located between the lines, top ; small rectangle at bottom. Long narrow rectangle, lower right corner.;1 drawing on paper ; 8.5 x 10.75 in.

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