Outdoor Portrait of Haruko and Fumiko; Tashme, BC

Outdoor Portrait of Haruko and Fumiko; Tashme, BC

Description

Title Proper Outdoor Portrait of Haruko and Fumiko; Tashme, BC
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1943
General material designation
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Scope and content
This image depicts Fumiko (front) and Haruko (behind) posted in a clearing in front of a wooden fence. Fumiko’s hair is tied back in pigtails and she’s wearing a coat with a flower on her left breast and a bean necklace. Haruko is wearing a light coloured dress and is smiling at the camera with her hair tied back by a bow. In the background are two groups of people, some on the left, some on the right, gathered around tables.
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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Outdoor Portrait of Haruko and Fumiko; Tashme, BC
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