The Red Book of Birds of America
notes: label: Description
content: This small book entitled "The Red Book of Birds of America" along with its counterpart "The Green Book of Birds of America" was one of the few references that Sadao Oka had when he was creating his realistic wooden birds. These two books had varying types of birds, and together they created a large database of models for Mr. Oka. He would try to mirror the position of the bird, the color, and the shape. Pictures found in books like this and the Audubon identification cards were his only points of reference.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used
content: United States: Arizona, Poston
topic: label: Subject
content: World War II
label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
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content: Executive Order 9066
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jane Oka
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0117.053
label: accession number
content: 2016.0117
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0117.053
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: photocopied (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 3/8 in; 8.89 cm x 13.97 cm x .9525 cm