Bob Nimi Interview regarding Mr Etsuji Morii

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The interview was conducted on July 19, 2012 in Burnaby, BC. In the interview Mr Nimi discusses the life of Mr Etsuji Morii drawing from his own accounts as well as the ones told to him by his father, Mr Toragoro Nimi. The time and place periods discussed are the pre war Powell Street (Vancouver, BC) period and the Internment period at Minto and Devine, BC.

Toragoro Nimi came to Vancouver in 1905 at the age of 15. He started working in sawmills and planer mills in Vancouver. Then his brother followed. In 1918, Toragoro and his father bought a drug store at 331 Powell Street in Vancouver. It was named "Nimi Shokai". Asians were not allowed to dispense western medications at that time; only Japanese-style herbal medications. So, Nimi Shokai sold non-prescription and Japanese herbal medications, Kodak cameras, film, 78 records of popular songs, pancake makeup, Shaffer pens, gift items, and binoculars.

No digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

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