An Indoor Group Portrait

An Indoor Group Portrait

Description

Title Proper An Indoor Group Portrait
Date(s) 1973
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
The image shows two rows of men and women, all of whom are unidentified with the exclusion of Haruko Kobayakawa who is standing six in from the right in the back row. The front row is seated on chairs while the back row is standing. Behind the group of people is a wall decorated like shoji with leaves drawn on it above which are lanterns. Below the group of people is a checker patterned tile floor. Text appears on the back of the photograph that reads, "1973, Feb".
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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An Indoor Group Portrait
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