A Portrait of a Grade Five Hammond School Class; Maple Ridge, BC

A Portrait of a Grade Five Hammond School Class; Maple Ridge, BC

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Title Proper A Portrait of a Grade Five Hammond School Class; Maple Ridge, BC
Date(s) 1942
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Scope and content
The image shows seven boys sitting cross-legged on the ground in the front row, eleven girls sitting on a bench in the second row, ten girls and one man standing behind them in the third row, and eleven boys standing in the back row. In this Hammond School class from left to right are:
Front row: Susumu Okahashi (first), Kiyoshi (second), Billy Rikely (third), Arthur Watanabe (fourth), Katsura (sixth), Harold (seventh)
Second row: Muriel (first), Rebecca Terumi Yamaura (second), Mary (third), Lorraine (fourth), Emily (fifth), Claire (sixth), May (seventh), Kazue (eighth), Kathleen (ninth), Minori (tenth), Marion (eleventh)
Third row: June (first), Ruby (second), Ruth (third), Elinor (fourth), Caroline (fifth), Arlene Kanaye Yamaura (sixth), Tomie Hoyano (seventh), Joan (eighth), Jean (ninth), Jeanine (tenth), Mr Clark (teacher)
Back row: Jimmie (first), Walter (second), Kazuo (third), Mitsuji Yamamoto (fifth), Victor G. (sixth), Arthur B. (seventh), Akira Oka (eighth), Douglas (ninth), Alex (tenth), Victor St. J. (eleventh).
On the back in pen it reads: "Yamaura".
Name of creator
David Yamaura was born on Townline Road in Port Hammond BC in 1925. His immigrant father, Kinoe Yamaura, was born in Nagano-ken in Japan and his mother, Iwama (nee Iwashita), was Kinoe's second wife. Kinoe had a daughter from his first marriage, and 6 children from his second marriage. David's siblings consist of: Tom (born in 1921), Bill (born in1924), Arlene Kanaye (born in 1926), Rebecca Terumi (born in 1930), and Sumiye (Ebbesen) (born in 1932). Noboko was Kinoe's daughter from his first marriage to a Kitagawa. Kinoe worked as a night fireman at Brown's Brothers Nursery also on Townline Road. His job was to keep the furnace hot for the hot houses.
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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A Portrait of a Grade Five Hammond School Class; Maple Ridge, BC
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