Wedding photo of aunt and uncle

Wedding photo of aunt and uncle

Description

Title Proper Wedding photo of aunt and uncle
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1920
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
Studio image of a man in suit and tie and a woman in traditional Japanese wedding kimono with white hat and embellishments on her head. Her face is made up with traditional white make up and lipstick. The man is standing while she is sitting. On the back of the photo is writing in Japanese.
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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Wedding photo of aunt and uncle
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Terminology

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