An Outdoor Group Photograph in Winter, Cumberland BC

From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.

This image consists of roughly three rows of people gathered in front of a wooden building. The first row is seated on wooden chairs and contains three women on the left with their hand in their laps wearing skirts and coats. There are two gentlemen in the middle of the first row who are wearing suits, jackets and ties, and are wearing glasses. On the right edge of the first row are two more seated men in suits and jackets. The second row is standing and consists of six men in suits, jackets, and ties. The man on the right edge of the second row is wearing a bow tie and is holding a hat in his left hand. The third row consists of four men standing on the steps of the building, wearing suits, jackets, and ties. There are black lines on the photograph from how the photograph was originally held in a photoalbum.

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.