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[Watering the gardens, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]
[Watering the gardens, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]
[Watering the gardens, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]

[Watering the gardens, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.75 in, W: 14.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.191
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.75 x 14.5 in.;A woman in a long jacket and skirt, Mine Okubo, stands on the viewer's left and looks over her shoulder to observe two men partake in the evening garden-watering routine. They each carry two buckets of water from the laundry buildings to their garden plots. Both men wear hats and shorts. One man wears geta, while the other wears work boots. Vegetable plots are visible behind them.

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