Block 21 Landscape
Page from Block 21 section of scrapbook. Painting signed "Kyoka" but undated.
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Page from Block 21 section of scrapbook. Inscription in Japanese characters.
View ArticleBlock 21 Inscription in English and Japanese
Page from Block 21 of scrapbook. Contains inscription from Kamuichi Sato in English and Japanese characters.
View ArticleBlock 26 Inscription and Painting
Page from Block 26 section of scrapbook. Inscription in Japanese characters with unsigned landscape painting.
View ArticleBlock 37 Watercolor
Cardboard insert from Block 37 section of scrapbook. Watercolor desert landscape painting titled "Poston" and signed by Gus Takagawa. Undated.
View ArticleBlock 60 Painting with Characters
Page from Block 60 section of scrapbook. Painting of a bird on a tree limb signed by Roy S. Takahachi. Inscription in Japanese characters.
View ArticleBlock 216 Drawing of Wade Head
Page from Block 216 section of scrapbook. Pencil drawing of Wade Head signed by H. Yoshizumi.
View ArticleBlock 216 Painting of Poston
Page from Block 216 section of scrapbook. Watercolor painting of Poston camp signed by H. Yoshizumi.
View ArticleLetter from Poston Block Managers and Executive Staff to Wade Head June 8, 1944
Letter from Poston block managers and executive staff members to Wade Head, addressing the shipment of two paintings by Kakunen Tsuruoka as a token of gratitude on Head's resignation.
View ArticleBlowing Dust
Untitled. Watercolor of camp barracks and water tower obscured by blowing dust. Painted on a delicate piece of curtain. Dated 1942.
View ArticleTwilight Landscape
Untitled. Twilight view of Poston barracks with its iconic water tower- a recurrent theme in camp artwork. Dated 1943.
View ArticleIndustry in the Desert
Untitled. Twilight image of Poston buildings with lighted windows hinting at the human activity within. Dated 1944.
View ArticleDesert Land and Sky
Untitled. Desert landscape under a typical western sky. Completed in 1944.
View ArticleDesert Landscape
Untitled. Desert landscape with mesquite trees. Desert plants and shapes were prominent subjects for camp art. Dated 1943.
View ArticleStrangers in a Strange Land
Scenes from the Poston film capturing trains and buses of internees as they begin their enforced relocation to the desert. This rare color film, without soundtrack, documents camp construction from the...
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