Photographs of Japanese workers from Mayo Bros Timber Company; Paldi , British Columbia

Photographs of Japanese workers from Mayo Bros Timber Company; Paldi , British Columbia

Description

Title Proper Photographs of Japanese workers from Mayo Bros Timber Company; Paldi , British Columbia
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1937–1942
General material designation
From this series, LOI has digitized 138 textual records and other records.
Scope and content
The series consists of a photograph album containing 138 photographs depicting Japanese logging and sawmill workers and their families who worked at Mayo Brothers Timber Company Limited in Paldi, BC on Vancouver Island. The Mayo Brothers Timber Company Limited was solely owned by Mayo Singh and his brother Ghania Singh and other East Indian shareholders.
Name of creator
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.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

Structure

Repository Nikkei National Museum
Fonds Masanobu Kawahira fonds

Digital Objects (124)

Metadata

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Photographs of Japanese workers from Mayo Bros Timber Company; Paldi , British Columbia
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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.