Eiji Tonomura class photograph; Lemon Creek, B.C.

Eiji Tonomura class photograph; Lemon Creek, B.C.

Description

Title Proper Eiji Tonomura class photograph; Lemon Creek, B.C.
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1945
General material designation
This item has an indeterminable GMD—digital object is not available at this time.
Scope and content
Photograph features a class portrait outside in Lemon Creek internment camp. Children of all ages sit and stand in five rows and their teacher stands to the right. Behind them are wooden buildings with windows and torn tar paper; further behind are trees along the mountain. Written in blue ink on the verso is "1945 / Lemon Creek BC / John Eiji Tonomura 10 years old / 3rd row 9th from the left / Top row / 3rd from the right / Setsuko Edamura." Written in black ink on the verso top right corner is "Present address: 832 E. 37 Ave. / Vancouver, B.C. / PH. 325 9882."
Name of creator
The Tonomura family created these records.
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 not digitized.

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Eiji Tonomura class photograph; Lemon Creek, B.C.
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Terminology

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