An Outdoor Portrait of Michiko and Hiroko Watanabe; Tashme, BC

An Outdoor Portrait of Michiko and Hiroko Watanabe; Tashme, BC

Description

Title Proper An Outdoor Portrait of Michiko and Hiroko Watanabe; 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 depicts Michiko Watanabe (left) and Hiroko Watanbe (right) smiling as they stand outside their house at Tashme. They are wearing the same dark collared dress with a light waistline, knee-high socks, and dark shoes. Michiko is wearing a dark sweater and her hair is tied back, while Hiroko is wearing a light sweater and her hair is done up with a ribbon. Behind them is a shed filled with wood, and a small single story house with a wood fence around a patch in front of it.
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 Portrait of Michiko and Hiroko Watanabe; Tashme, BC
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