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Lordsburg, New Mex. internment camp, 1st nite, 6-18-42, 9:30 PM.
Lordsburg, New Mex. internment camp, 1st nite, 6-18-42, 9:30 PM.
Lordsburg, New Mex. internment camp, 1st nite, 6-18-42, 9:30 PM.

Lordsburg, New Mex. internment camp, 1st nite, 6-18-42, 9:30 PM.

Maker (1907 - 1985)
Date1942
Mediumink, paper, laminate
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 6 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.1FX
Description2 drawings on paper, laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; top image 5 x 4 in., bottom image 1.5 x 2.5 in., on sheet 9.5 x 6 in.;Ink drawings of the first night at Lordsburg Internment Camp on June 18, 1942, 930 PM. and a detailed portrait of a horned toad.
Top drawing of four men sitting in open doorway of barracks, looking out into the night. One metal framed bed in foreground right ; silhoette of barracks and utitlity poles framed in doorway.
Bottom drawing depicts a horned toad in detail as it crouches facing right.
Drawing 97.106.1FW on recto of same sheet.

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