Ledger Book - Chapman Brothers Produce, 139 Water St. Vancouver

Ledger Book - Chapman Brothers Produce, 139 Water St. Vancouver

Description

Title Proper Ledger Book - Chapman Brothers Produce, 139 Water St. Vancouver
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1927–1946
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
File contains pages from an accounting ledger for Chapman Brothers Produce, 139 Water St. Vancouver. Pages contain the accounts of numerous Japanese Canadians. The final page holds the account of K. Wakabayashi and is dated 1941-1945. An entry at the bottom of the page reads "Walters Grocerteria, Revelstoke B.C.".
Name of creator
Henry Wakabayashi is the founder of Pacific Liaicon Ltd., he has helped many major projects such as the Vancouver Sky Train, the expansion of the Vancouver International Airport and the Metro Vancouver drinking water treatment program.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

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Ledger Book - Chapman Brothers Produce, 139 Water St. Vancouver
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Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.