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

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

Description

Title Proper A Group Portrait of Miss Mary Naka's Piano Class; Vancouver, BC
Date(s) 1940
General material designation
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Scope and content
A group of portrait of women and girls posing in an indoor setting.
In the first row from left to right is Ms Kamino?, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Michiko Maikawa, unidentified, Shirley Yamake and Fusaka Yamake.
In the second row from left to right is unidentified, Toshiko Idenouye, Mary Matsui, unidentified, Terujo Tanabe, Mary Naka (teacher) and unidentified.
In the third row from left to right is unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Nobuko Mitsui, unidentified, Kazuko Nakamura and unidentified.
In the back row from left to right is Satsuki Jikemura, Ann Marubashi, Kay Machiba, unidentified, unidentified. and unidentified.
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.
This record was digitized in full.

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