Wedding of Toragoro Nimi and Rui Kaneda; Vancouver, BC

DescriptionTitle ProperWedding of Toragoro Nimi and Rui Kaneda; Vancouver, BCDate(s) of material from this resource digitized1920General material designation

From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.

Scope and content

An image of from left to right: Lily Washimoto, Toragoro Nimi, Rui (nee Kaneda) Nimi, Kou Higashiyama, and Haru Kaneda posing in the then Methodist Japanese Church on Powell Street.

Name of creator

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.

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.