The Lost Sketches of Topaz

A middle-aged gentleman sits hunched before an easel, painting. The small barrack has a pot-bellied stove and is cluttered with jugs and pots of paint. Clothes hang from a clothesline, artwork hangs on a wall, and canvases sit on the floor, leaning against the wall.
The Artist, Mr. Kawakami, at Work. © Ella Honderich. Photo of original sketch. Courtesy of Valerie Honderich and the Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Daisy Satoda Uyeda, 2000.151.30).
The interior of a barrack with rows of concrete tubs, pipes; one woman is washing clothes, another bathing a baby.
The Washroom. © Ella Honderich. Copy of photo. Courtesy of Valerie Honderich and the National Archives #210-CT-12-T-701 (not yet digitized), Still Picture Branch, MD.

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