Yamake Family fonds

Description

Title Proper	Yamake Family fonds
Date(s)	1940–1987
General material designation	This fonds contains 14 textual records and other records.
Scope and content	The collection consists of two series. The first series consists of documents relating to the Yamake family business Kasuga Kashiten at 359 Powell Street as well as BC Security Commission papers. The second series consists of a collection of photographs relating to the Yamake family who eventually resettled in Kamloops, BC.
Name of creator	Junzo Yamake came to Canada from Ubikiyama, Shiga Ken at the age of twenty five. He apprenticed as a baker under Mr. Hayashi until he could open his own shop in 1927. He married Hatsuye Nishimura in 1928 and began a family.
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

Digital Objects (13)

A BC Security Commission Permit for Junzo Yamake, March 27, 1942.

1940 Income Tax Receipt for Junzo Yamake

Letter Issued by J. Merchants Association, March 25, 1942

Order by BC Securities Commission

Notice from BC Security Commission

Statement and Declaration of Creditors for Seichiro Aoiki, Confectioner

Letter from the British Columbia Board of the Retail Merchants Association of Canada, February 19th, 1938

Junzo Yamake bath house with well in background; Mission Flats, Kamloops, BC

Shirley and Joe Yamake standing in front of Maikawa Store; 369 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC.

A Group Portrait of Women in Kimono at the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Celebration Parade; Kamloops, BC

Queen Elizabeth Coronation celebration parade; Kamloops, BC

A Group Portrait of Miss Mary Naka's Piano Class; Vancouver, BC

A Baby Portrait of Shirley (Ikuko) Omatsu (nee Yamake)

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Title

Yamake Family fonds

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