Sub-series 1.4: Portraits ➔ [Japanese Canadians in front of the community center they built while incarcerated]
Item
Identifier:
2020_06_11_041
Repository
Cowichan Valley Museum and Archives
Repository Web Site
https://www.cowichanvalleymuseum.bc.ca/
Date
1942 – 1949;Estimated dates
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Format
still image
Description
Image of a group of Japanese Canadians in front of the community center they built while incarcerated in an internment camp by the Canadian government. The community center also served as an Anglican church, Sunday school, kindergarten, and school.
Location
Canada;British Columbia;Kootenay Land District;Slocan
Notes
Verso of image reads: "6/5";Caption in Paldi Remembered reads: "Once again Japanese people built their own community center. This time as Second World War internees near Slocan, in the B.C. interior. It also served as an Anglican church, Sunday school, kindergarten, and school."
Rights Statement
Copyright not evaluated
Subject Headings - SACDA
Japanese--Canada--Internment and forced relocation, 1942-1949
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Group portraits;Buildings [info:lc/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm001405]
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