View of Tashme and Mountains in Winter; Tashme, BC

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This photograph is focused on the mountains which are part of the Cascade Mountains. Visible in the lower half of the image is the housing district at Tashme covered in snow. This picture is taken from the west and looking east. All of the houses are visible, except for those obscured by a snow covered branch in the foreground of the image. The ground and roofs are covered in snow. On the back of the photograph are Japanese characters which translate to: "Tashme Mountain as seen from the west".

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.