A group of men, women and children in front of a building, Vancouver Island

A group of men, women and children in front of a building, Vancouver Island

Description

Title Proper A group of men, women and children in front of a building, Vancouver Island
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1930
General material designation
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Scope and content
An image of a group of men, women and children in front of a house with a veranda. There is Japanese writing partially visible on the door frame, the part that can be seen is pronounced 'iston go', meaning a school. On the back of the photo written in Japanese is the date of Showa 5 or 1930, June, an anniversary.
Name of creator
Mrs. Haruko Ivy Kobayakawa (nee Yokota) was born at Takeni-mura Hiroshima, Japan, March 20, 1902. In 1921, Haruko traveled to Canada to marry Masao Kobayakawa who was born in Cumberland BC March 10, 1898. The couple resided at Courtenay, BC on a farm that Masao owned.
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 of men, women and children in front of a building, Vancouver Island
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