PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-janm-15-17 (2002.142.17)

PARENT COLLECTION

Toshiki Hamaoka Collection

DESCRIPTION

1 watercolor painting on paper: Hues of brown, grey, blue, yellow, pink, red. Women and young girls going to and leaving the women's community bathroom at Tule Lake. On the left is the entrance to the bathroom. Above the doorway is a sign that reads: Women. There is a woman and young girl in the doorway. The woman is wearing a yellow dress and holding a bucket in one hand and the girl's hand in the other. A woman in a striped blue and purple kimono appears to be leaving the bathroom. She is holding a pink towel and is wearing geta. To the right is a woman and two young girls. All of them are wearing geta. The two girls are holding towels. In the background is outline of three people working on the grounds and barracks. The barrack in the center has three chimneys with smoke billowing out of the far left one.

CONTRIBUTOR

Japanese American National Museum

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Charlotte Opler Sagoff, 2002.142)

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