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Title
Watercolor drawing for the spring art exhibit at Poston II High School
Date Created and/or Issued
1943-03-09
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento, University 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. Further information available online: www.lib.csus.edu/scua
Description
Watercolor illustration depicting a mountain landscape with trees in the foreground, most likely created by a high school student for the spring art exhibit at Poston II High School at Poston incarceration camp.
The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications.
Type
image
Format
Paintings
1 page; 5 x 8 inches
application/pdf
Identifier
sac_jaac_1830
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/10690
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Incarceration camps--Education
Education--Secondary education
World War II--Incarceration camps--Arts and literature
Arts and literature--Visual arts--Painting
Place
Parker, Arizona
Incarceration Camps--Poston (Colorado River)
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Japanese American Archival Collection

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