Outdoor Group Portrait Against the Side of a House; Tashme, BC

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This image consists of five girls lined up against the side of a house raised up off the ground with wooden supports. From the left to right they are: Emiko, Sachiko, Fumiko, Takako, and Yoko. Emiko is wearing a dark sweater with a collared shirt, dark skirt, short socks and plain shoes; she also has barrettes in her hair. Sachiko has short hair, just below her ears, and is wearing a white dress with short socks and dress shoes. Fumiko has her hair done up and is wearing a buttoned jacked with a matching skirt and a white shirt underneath. She has short white socks and black shoes, and is holding a small purse in her right hand. Takako is standing stiffly with her hands at her sides in a collared white dress short socks and dress shoes. Her hair is short but has a ribbon in it above her bangs. Yoko is standing with her hands folding in front of herself, her hair is tied in pigtails and is wearing a sweater over top of a white floral print dress, knee-high socks and plain shoes. Behind the girls is visible the sheet material used for the house walls at Tashme.

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.