Watercolor depicting boy in front of Poston Relocation Center barracks.
Title
Watercolor depicting boy in front of Poston Relocation Center barracks .
JC #
jc15a-02
Creator
Yoshizumi, Harry
Date
1943 .
Format
10 x 13 in.
Description
Watercolor by Harry Yoshizumi depicting boy in front of Poston Relocation Center barracks and latrines . In the foreground is a telephone pole and a trash can . The artist signed his name on the trash can lid .Harry Yoshizumi studied art in Poston and attended the Art Students League , the California School of Fine Arts , and the California College of Arts and Crafts after the war . In 1965 , he gave up painting and worked at IBM for over twenty-five years .
Place of Origin
Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.)
Type
Watercolors
Medium
artifact
Subject
Japanese American art [lcsh] Concentration camps -- Arizona [lcsh] Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.) -- Pictorial works [lcna] Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh] Watercolor painting [lcsh] Prisoners as artists [lcsh] Barracks [lcsh] Yoshizumi, Harry [aacr2]
Time Frame
Internment
Camp
Poston
Source Type
color slide
Source Dimensions
1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Date Scanned
2004-05-13
ARK POI
ark:/13030/kt196nc43b
Collection
From the Japanese American Archival Collection . MSS-94/01 . California State University , Sacramento . Library . Dept . of Special Collections and University Archives .
Repository
California State University , Sacramento . Library . Dept . of Special Collections and University Archives .
Copyright Date
2004
Restrictions on Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts or photographs must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Image Format
Tiff
CONTENTdm file name
899.jpg
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