An Outdoor Commemorative Group Photograph of Kindergarten Graduation; Tashme, BC

From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.

This image consists of roughly four rows of children and one row of adults. The first two rows of children are seated on wooden chairs, while the second two are standing. All the children are dressed in formal clothes and holding up rolled diplomas. There is a man on the far left of the back row, and five women, the teachers of the graduating kindergarten class. The children are arranged in a clear area in front of the kindergarten building.

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.