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Hawaii bunch anniversary, Jerome R.C., Blk 39, 2-12-44
Hawaii bunch anniversary, Jerome R.C., Blk 39, 2-12-44
Hawaii bunch anniversary, Jerome R.C., Blk 39, 2-12-44

Hawaii bunch anniversary, Jerome R.C., Blk 39, 2-12-44

Maker (1907 - 1985)
Date1942-1945
Mediumink, paper, tape
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.2EK
Description2 drawings on paper (1 sheet) : ink ; 9.5 x 6 in.;Ink sketches of two women dancing the hula and of an announcer and a curtain puller at the anniversary of people from Hawaii at Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas on February 12, 1944.
Top sketch of two Hula dancers in skirts, Miss Kuwahara on left. Both women have arms outstretched in front of them as they face right. Four musical notes dance in the air between them. The woman on the right has a flower in her upswept hair.
Bottom sketch of a man, the announcer, standing in profile at a microphone while another man, Mr. Arakawa, sits with his back to viewer next to the stage curtain.
Drawing 97.106.2EL on verso of same sheet.

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