Float and Parade Participants celebrating the Royal Visit on the 300 block of Powell Street; Vancouver, BC

Float and Parade Participants celebrating the Royal Visit on the 300 block of Powell Street; Vancouver, BC

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Title Proper Float and Parade Participants celebrating the Royal Visit on the 300 block of Powell Street; Vancouver, BC
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1939
General material designation
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Scope and content
The image shows an overview of a crowded street festooned with flags and filled with on-lookers and parade participants. In the foreground is a telephone pole and in the background are buildings. Signs from the Empress Cafe can be seen.
Name of creator
Komajiro Nishihata was a pioneer who came Vancouver in 1901. He left his home town of Echigawa cho, Shiga ken during the immigration boom. Komajiro's twin sons, Saburo and Jiro were born April 12, 1899 but remained in Echigawa cho, to acquire middle school education in Japan. They lived with an aunt until they graduated and came to Canada together on August 21, 1914 on board the Canada Maru. Immigration laws had tightened and the boys' father sponsored by Komajiro Nishihata from Big Bay near Comox, BC, and lived with him until 1921. Afterwards, the family was reunited and lived together near Port Moody, where Komajiro worked at the Port Moody Sawmill.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
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Float and Parade Participants celebrating the Royal Visit on the 300 block of Powell Street; Vancouver, BC
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