Walking Through Puddles

From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.

Item is an image printed on a postcard card stock. The image depicts two people walking side by side through a puddle. The person on the right is wearing pants with a red stripe. Behind them appears to be a boundary marking. Below the two of them is a phrase in German that reads "Die Rundendreher." The words "Printed by War Prisoners' Aid, Y.M.C.A." can be found at the bottom of the image. Verso is blank.

Masanobu Kawahira was born to Torazo Kawahira and Yukino Naka, immigrants from Iyeimura, Ibusuki gun, Kagoshima ken. Torazo immigrated in 1907 on the vessel Shawmut, at the time his listed occupation was a miner. Torazo worked in a variety of seasonal occupations such as fishing and logging. In 1920, he was living with friend Iyemon Yanomichi at #220- Main Street prior to returning to Japan to marry Yukino. When they returned in August 1921, Yukino was pregnant and Masanobu was born a few months later on December 20, 1921 at 241 Hastings Street.

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.