japanese american internment

(mother holding baby)
circa 1942

Semi-abstract charcoal drawing on paper depicts a woman nursing a child. The woman appears on the left side of the composition and holding her child at right. The child is visible nursing at top...

(seated woman in profile)
circa 1942

Charcoal drawing on paper of a woman sitting in profile. The woman holds both of her hands up in front of her. Buildings are visible in the background at center right.

Digging Ditches
mid 20th century

Semi-abstract charcoal drawing on paper of five adults and one child. The figures fill the entire composition and stand together side by side. A child holds the hands of a woman just left of...

Mother, Father, Child (Evacuation)
mid 20th century

Charcoal drawing on paper of the faces of two adults and one child. Each adult face has a dark filled-in left eye and a right eye drawn with a pupil. The child appears between the two figures at...

(cleaning horse stalls, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942

Clich_s-verre on paper. A female figure kneels and sweeps the floor with a small broom while holding her hand over her nose. A frowning male figure sits on a bed frame at lower right.

Building a Miniature Aquatic Park
mid 20th century

Black ink drawing on paper depicts a group of men standing near a row of cylindrical posts buried in the ground. The men wear work clothes including overalls and hats. A shovel and a pick appear...

Digging Ditches
mid 20th century

Pastel drawing on paper depicts three men in work clothes shoveling dirt. Two men appear in the foreground at center. The man on the right lifts a shovel filled with dirt, and the man on the...

(children at play, Topaz Relocation Center, Utah)
circa 1942-1943

Watercolor painting on paper depicts a large group of children and four adults playing outside. Two adults and a group of children join hands in a circle at bottom center with several children...

(baggage distribution, Topaz Relocation Center, Utah)
circa 1942-1943

Black ink drawing on paper contains an image of trucks loaded with baggage parked outside near a group of long buildings. Figures walk around the vehicles and stand in a large group at upper...

Group of Issei Men
mid 20th century

Black ink drawing on paper shows men in work clothes sitting on beds in a group. The figures are drawn in outline, with facial details only visible on a man sitting in profile at center left.

(mess hall dining, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942

Black ink drawing on paper contains an image of men, women, and children standing in line to receive food on plates. Two men in chef's hats hand out pieces of food in the foreground and in...

(exhausted evacuee on bed, Topaz Relocation Center, Utah)
circa 1942-1943

clich_s-verre contains an image of a man sleeping on top of a bed in his clothes. The man wears a button down shirt, long pants, shoes, and a hat tipped down across his face. The image is...

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