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[Newly planted trees and shrubs, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]
[Newly planted trees and shrubs, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]
[Newly planted trees and shrubs, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]

[Newly planted trees and shrubs, 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 number2007.62.149
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in.;A woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, trips over a newly planted tree outside a barrack. Trees were distributed and planted by each block in observance of Arbor day. Mine wears a cross-patterned shirt, pants with a knee patch, and laced leather shoes. She holds a clipboard in her left hand. Barracks line the horizon.

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