Autograph album belonging to 'Mickey' Yoshikazu Yoshida

Autograph album belonging to 'Mickey' Yoshikazu Yoshida

Description

Title Proper Autograph album belonging to 'Mickey' Yoshikazu Yoshida
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1942
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
The autograph album contains autographs and messages addressed to Mickey, and miscellaneous writings and a sketch. "Autographs" is lightly written into the cover to the right of a group of trees. The Japanese written on the front page of the album is translated as Wakayama Ken, Yoshida, Yoshikazu 1938.
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 selectively.

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Autograph album belonging to 'Mickey' Yoshikazu Yoshida
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Terminology

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