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[Crowd at the canteen, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]
[Crowd at the canteen, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]
[Crowd at the canteen, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]

[Crowd at the canteen, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.163
DescriptionA crowd gathers in the canteen, or general store to purchase dry goods and exchange information. Two men in hats and dark overcoats, warm their hands at a stove in the left foreground. Others stand in line at counters to purchase items on shelves along the walls. A boy stands next to a dog. Another woman carries a dog in her arms. Mine Okubo, wearing a hood and coat stands in the right foreground, her face in profile and her back to the viewer.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in.

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