An Outdoor Commemorative Group Portrait of the Tashme Senior League Baseball Champions; Tashme, BC

An Outdoor Commemorative Group Portrait of the Tashme Senior League Baseball Champions; Tashme, BC

Description

Title Proper An Outdoor Commemorative Group Portrait of the Tashme Senior League Baseball Champions; Tashme, BC
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1944
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
This image contains two rows of men in baseball uniforms, including hats and gloves. From the bottom left to the top right the people shown are: M. Kojima, D. Kobayashi, G. Inata, J. Ota, E. Harafusi, F. Inamoto, K. Yamanaka, M. Hayakawa, K. Matsumiya, T. Taguchi, G. Aoki, T. Miura, M. Takahashi, C. Yosida, and H. Nishimura. The first row is knwwling, and Ota is wearing a catcher's chest place and holding a catcher's mask. Aoki is the only one not dressed in a uniform. In front of Inata and Ota is a catcher's glove with a ball in it and three bats lined up in a fan position before home plate. On the very bottom of the image is written: "1944 Hayabusa Tashme Senior League Baseball Champions". The back of the photograph has been signed by the members of the baseball team.
Name of creator
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.
Immediate source of acquisition
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.

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An Outdoor Commemorative Group Portrait of the Tashme Senior League Baseball Champions; Tashme, BC
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