Muriyuki Takata with dog, Paldi, Vancouver Island, BC

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An outdoor image of Mr. Takata sitting on a field of grass petting a large dog. There are unidentified buildings in background, railroad tracks in middle ground. Image is contemporaneous with item no. 83 above. Dog appears to be a Dalmation-Setter cross.

Photo processor's stamp on reverse side: "CRYSTAL [FINISH PHOTO SERVICE, MAY 28 1941] [NO.] 556" stamped on back

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.

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