A Group of People at the Maruya Strawberry Farm

A Group of People at the Maruya Strawberry Farm

Description

Title Proper A Group of People at the Maruya Strawberry Farm
Date(s) 1932
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This image depicts approximately nineteen people in the middle of a field of strawberries. It is a mixture of both older people and younger, most are wearing hats, some are standing, some are crouched. In the bottom left corner is an insignia that is half have strawberry flower with the words: "Strawberry Gardener S. Maruya" written in black hand writing. On the top and bottom borders there are some Japanese characters.
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.

Metadata

Title

A Group of People at the Maruya Strawberry Farm
Publication Information: See Terms of Use for publication and licensing information.

Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.