Outdoor Group Image of Road Workers in a Forest; Thunder River, BC

DescriptionTitle ProperOutdoor Group Image of Road Workers in a Forest; Thunder River, BCDate(s) of material from this resource digitized1943General material designation

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Scope and content

This image consists of a large group of men, standing behind a makeshift fence in a forest. In the foreground is a clearing, and in the background is a wooden shed. On the back of the photograph are the words: "Dr. Prize" and some Japanese characters.

Name of creator

Fumiko Kawata was born in 1938 in Cumberland BC to parents Itoko and Yoshitoshi Kawata. Yoshitoshi's parents were Sowa & Kinshiro Kawata from Ehime prefecture. Kinshiro came to Canada as a farm labourer on the Empress of Russia Dec 19, 1922, his nearest relative at that time was Tomi Kawata of Yanazaki Mura, Nishiwa gori, Ehime Ken, Japan. Itoko and Yoshitoshi were born in Japan and remained Japanese Nationals.

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.