Festivities and Miscellaneous

From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.

This contact sheet consists of eleven images.

Going from left to right on the top row; the first image shows two men and an infant sitting inside kitchen. The second image shows a partial overview of a town at a height. The third image shows a group of men posing with their hockey equipment. The fourth image shows women standing to the left and right of a man. They are standing in front of a window that has a sign that reads "BRITISH COLUMBIA SECURITY COMMISSION." The fifth and final image on this row is rotated ninety-degrees counterclockwise and shows a woman leaning on a sign that reads "CHANGE YOUR OIL" which is a part of the Greenwood Garage.

Going from left to right on the middle row; the first image is a photo of two men pulling a rickshaw in front of a float with a sign that reads "NATSU MATSURI/GREENWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOC." The second image shows a stage decorated with lanterns and shide. The third image shows a group of women dancing outside the Greenwood Confectionery on the street. The fourth image shows a group of people sitting in a room. On the floor, the words "B.C. J.C.C.A. CONVENTION/GREENWOOD, B.C./FEB 22, 23 1947" can be seen. The fifth and final image on this row shows a large group of people consisting of both men and women in a confined space. The single image on the bottom row shows women dancing before a large crowd at a festival.

John Mark Read was born on June 8, 1945 in Kelowna, British Columbia. He graduated (from Delbrook Senior Secondary School?) and continued with his education by studying Geography at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He graduated from UBC in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts. John went on to pursue a Master of Arts in the Department of Geography at UBC. He submitted his thesis, "The Pre-War Japanese Canadians of Maple Ridge: Landownership and the Ken Tie," in 1975. While pursuing his Masters, John married his wife, Karen Kiyiomi Mizuno, on July 14, 1973. John went on to work as H.Y. Louie for thirty years and retired in 2005.

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.