Second Avenue at Tashme From the South; Tashme, BC

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This image shows 2nd Ave at Tashme as viewed from the south. The picture is focused on the dirt road, at the end of which is a bath house. Lining the road are shanty houses, each with a single window. In front of most of the houses wood is stacked under the awnings of the roofs. There is a plank sidewalk on both sides of the streets. On the left edge of the image is a group of seven people who appear to be playing a game. On the back of the photograph are Japanese characters which translate to: "Tashme as seen from 2nd Ave, from the south".

Fumiko Kawata was born in 1938 in Cumberland BC to parents Itoko and Yoshitoshi Kawata. Yoshitoshi's parents were Sowa & Kinshiro Kawata from Ehime prefecture. Kinshiro came to Canada as a farm labourer on the Empress of Russia Dec 19, 1922, his nearest relative at that time was Tomi Kawata of Yanazaki Mura, Nishiwa gori, Ehime Ken, Japan. Itoko and Yoshitoshi were born in Japan and remained Japanese Nationals.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized in full.