Christmas card from S. Kayama to John Eiji Tonomura

Christmas card from S. Kayama to John Eiji Tonomura

Description

Title Proper Christmas card from S. Kayama to John Eiji Tonomura
Date(s) 1956
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This item consists of a Christmas card. The illustration on the cover includes a gold candleholder with three red candles and the branches of a Christmas tree with pinecones. The background is green. The inside of the card contains a small illustration of a pine branch with pinecones and a printed greeting ending with “Merry Christmas, Happy New Year.” In blue pen in hand writing “To: Mr. John Eiji Tonomura” is written on the top and “From S. Kayama” is written on the bottom. The verso of the card indicates that it is from Hallmark. The card was enclosed in a white envelope addressed to John Eiji Tonomura (Vancouver, BC). The postal stamp indicates that the letter was sent on December 13, 1955.
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 digitized in full.

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Christmas card from S. Kayama to John Eiji Tonomura
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