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

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

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Title Proper A Group Portrait of Women in Kimono at the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Celebration Parade; Kamloops, BC
Date(s) 1940
General material designation
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Scope and content
An image of a group of girls in costume on a decorated float on the JCCA float in Kamloops. A building in the background reads "...tea-coffee...". Shirley Kakutani, (nee Yamake) is on the far right.
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.
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A Group Portrait of Women in Kimono at the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Celebration Parade; Kamloops, BC
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