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Phonograph entertainment
Phonograph entertainment

Phonograph entertainment

Maker (1907 - 1985)
Date1942-1943
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 6 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.1CC
Description2 drawings on paper (1 sheet) : ink ; top image 4.25 x 6 in., bottom image 5.25 x 6 in., on sheet 9.5 x 6 in.;Ink sketches of man operating phonograph and two men, identified by inscriptions, listening to the music on February 9, 1943, 7:30 P.M.
Top sketch depicts a man seated at a table with one bare light bulb handing from the ceiling and a record playing on a phonograph attached to a large tabletop speaker. The man's features are indistinct and shaded on the left.
Bottom sketch of two men seated on bench or bed listening to the music ; Mr. Y. Mizutani has a mustached and glasses and sits with his arms crossed on the left, while Mr. K. Takata has a long beard and sits with his hands in his lap on the right.
Drawing 97.106.1CD on verso of same sheet.

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