Christmas card from hkira Tsuji to E. Tonomura

Christmas card from hkira Tsuji to E. Tonomura

Description

Title Proper Christmas card from hkira Tsuji to E. Tonomura
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1955
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
This item is a Christmas greeting card. On the outside, there are two snowmen (a boy and a girl, judging by their outfits) on a yellow toboggan. The inside shows these snowmen holding hands and dragging the toboggan behind them. There is black text with a greeting. In blue pen, the following is written by hand: “Dear E. Tonomura” and “Hkira Tsuji”. The verso of the card indicates that it is from A-meri-card. The card is enclosed in a white envelope sent from Akira Tsuji (Seattle, Wash) to John E. Tonomura (Vancouver, BC). The postal stamp indicates that the letter was sent on December 19, 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 hkira Tsuji to E. Tonomura
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