Meal Time

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Item is an image printed on a postcard card stock. The image depicts a group of men in a cafeteria environment receiving and eating food. On the left are three men. Two of them have their faces visible. The man on the far left has a big red circle on his jacket. The man at the front has his elbows propped on the table and a dish in front of him. There is a man in a chefs' attire serving food with a ladle to a line of men in the middle. On the far right you see the leg of a person with a red stripe on their pants. 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.