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drawing
H: 10.5 in, W: 8 in
paper
pencil

Subject Tags
Boys
Concentration camp life
Concentration camps
Laundry
Sinks
United States
Washboards
Women
World War, 1939-1945

[Untitled]

Estelle Ishigo [bio]

Heart Mountain, Wyo., ca. 1942-1945

Japanese American National Museum

Estelle Ishigo Collection

Description
1 drawing on paper : image 5 x 6 in., on sheet 10.5 x 8 in. | Pencil drawing of two women doing laundry while a little boy waits on a pile of laundry. In a rectangular border a woman stands at sink doing laundry with back to viewer on right. Another woman on left holds washboard over sink with her left hand as she bends over toward center picking up laundry from pile on which little boy sits. Boy sits in profile facing right, lifting left leg up. Women are dressed in shirts with rolled sleeves, skirts, aprons, and low-heeled shoes. Two holes punched along left edge.

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