Powell United YPS ; Vancouver, BC

Powell United YPS ; Vancouver, BC

Description

Title Proper Powell United YPS ; Vancouver, BC
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1940
General material designation
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Scope and content
An image of youth posing in a room. The "Powell United Y.P.S" possibly represents the Powell Street United Church Young People's Society. In the back row fourth from the left is George Tomita and fifth from the left is Yoshio Matt Matsui, on his left is Reverend Tomita. In the second row, second from the right Miss Hide Hyodo (later Mrs Shimizu), and fourth from the right is Takimoto. In the front row, third from the right, is Reverend Tak Komiyama and seventh from the left is Reverend Tats Harada.
Name of creator
Harold Hayashi was born on November 23, 1926 in Vancouver, BC. His father is Katsutaro Hayashi born in 1880 and arrived in Canada in 1905 and died in 1938. His mother (a picture bride) is Yayeno Kafuchi from Hiroshima, Japan who died in 1976.
Harold married Giselle D'Anjou who was born on August 23, 1940.
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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Powell United YPS ; Vancouver, BC
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