Map of Mayo Brothers Lumber Company at Paldi BC

Map of Mayo Brothers Lumber Company at Paldi BC

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Title Proper Map of Mayo Brothers Lumber Company at Paldi BC
Date(s) 2000
General material designation
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Scope and content
Hand sketched map drawn by Tom Tagami on October 23, 2000 of Paldi. The general plan of map is courtesy of Joan Mayo. Stamped on the map is the title: Mayo Lumber Co. Ltd Sahtlam BC. General plan of mill and yard, scale 50 to 1. To accompany appraisal by BC appraisal Co. Ltd. May 1933. 814 Birks Bldg, Vancouver BC. Enclosed with the map is a list of buildings and people who lived there identified.
Name of creator
Tom (Itsuro) Tagami was born on February 10, 1920 in Koksilah, BC. He was the son of Jirosaku Tagami from Higashimuro in Wakayama-ken, Japan and Koyoshi Tagami (nee Yamamoto) from Nishimuro, Wakayama-ken.
During the internment, Tom and his family were sent to Hastings Park, where they stayed for three months before relocating to Slocan. In Slocan, he continued his trade and worked at various lumber companies.
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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Map of Mayo Brothers Lumber Company at Paldi BC
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