A Group Portrait of the Minto-Bridge River Forty-year Reunion; Vancouver, BC

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This image shows a group portrait of men and women. A sign in front of them reads, "40th Year Reunion. Minto. Bridge River. August 21, 1982". Behind them are gold screens with peacock feathers, Japanese kanji characters, and gold carvings. The photograph, taken on August 21, 1982, is of the forty-year reunion of Minto and Bridge River internees. The photograph was taken inside the Vancouver Japanese Buddhist Church. Taped to the photograph is a plastic transparent cover with numbers assigned to each individual in the photograph. Indicating individual number one hundred eighty (fourth row, second from the left) in pen it reads, "Bud Shoji. Henrys [sic] son".

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.

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.