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drawing
H: 4.625 in, W: 10.75 in
paper
pencil

Subject Tags
Barracks
Concentration Camps, Heart Mountain
Fences
Guardhouses
Heart Mountain (Wyo.)
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
Landscapes (representations)
People
Railroads
Trucks
Watchtowers
World War, 1939-1945
Wyoming

[Untitled]

Estelle Ishigo [bio]

United States, ca. 1942-1945

Japanese American National Museum

Estelle Ishigo Collection

Description
1 drawing on paper ; image 2.125 x 10.625 in., on sheet 4.625 x 10.75 in. | Panoramic drawing of people arriving at Heart Mountain concentration camp via train. Dark black line border. A train sits on tracks on right as figures disembark from railroad cars and line up outside fences and guard towers to enter camp at guard house. A truckload of people departs guard house, following two other trucks, to cross large open area toward rows of barracks on left. Heart Mountain rises up background left. Sky is shaded. Rows of barracks appear on hills in background center.

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