Shirley and Joe Yamake standing in front of Maikawa Store; 369 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC.

Shirley and Joe Yamake standing in front of Maikawa Store; 369 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC.

Description

Title Proper Shirley and Joe Yamake standing in front of Maikawa Store; 369 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC.
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1940
General material designation
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Scope and content
Exterior view of young girl (Shirley Yamake) wearing a fedora and heavy coat and a younger boy wearing a newspaper boy hat and suspenders with shorts (Joe Yamake) standing in front of a storefront (Maikawa store) at 369 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC
Name of creator
Junzo Yamake came to Canada from Ubikiyama, Shiga Ken at the age of twenty five. He apprenticed as a baker under Mr. Hayashi until he could open his own shop in 1927. He married Hatsuye Nishimura in 1928 and began a family.
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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Shirley and Joe Yamake standing in front of Maikawa Store; 369 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC.
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