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[Wind and dust control measures, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.182
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in.;A woman in a cross-patterned shirt, Mine Okubo stands in the right foreground covering her face with both hands to protect herself from the dust blowing towards her. A man in the center foreground, wears a face mask while using a pickax to make irrigation ditches to control the dust. Mounds of earth sit where ditches are dug. Two additional workers with shovels are visible in the left background. Five barracks and two electric poles lie beyond them.
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