5 items
5 items
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Scene with Radishes Drying, Clothes Drying, Kids Playing Basket (ddr-janm-15-4)
1 watercolor painting, in foreground, radishes are drying with clothes drying behind it. There is also a pair of geta beneath the clothesline post while three boys play basket to the right.\n\nOn lower right corner on the painting is a signature, "Dick T. Hamaoka / 1945". On matte reads, "Scene with radishes drying, clothes drying, kids …
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Canteen #1 (ddr-janm-15-9)
1 ink drawing on paper: Eleven (11) inmates shopping in the canteen with nine (9) sales clerks. Aisle in the middle for customers to look around, counters hold some goods and cash registers with most items being on the shelves behind the counters. Wooden signs hanging from ceilings read from left to right, "Grocery," illegible sign, …
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Dust (ddr-janm-15-13)
1 ink drawing on paper: Two women in the center foreground look towards the dust devil in the center of frame, the back of their skirts picked up by the wind. A man on a bike and a man on foot run opposite ways away from the dust devil while the dust storm rips sweeps through …
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C.A. Art School (ddr-janm-15-12)
1 ink drawing on paper: The drawing depicts an art studio. The walls, ceilings, and floor are drawn and shaded with various short straight lines. The man painting on an easel in foreground is painting the barracks and Castle Rock, Castle Rock can also be seen in the background through the window. In midground are painting …
Collection
Toshiki Hamaoka Collection (ddr-janm-15)
Toshiki "Dick" Hamaoka was hired by an anthropologist and community worker to create watercolor sketches of life at Tule Lake concentration camp, rather than hiring a more expensive photographer. His 17 watercolor paintings and ink drawings are vibrant and detailed and show a different perspective than straightforward photographs.