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  • Obaasan’s Boots Lesson Plan
    Resource Category:
    Lesson Plan

    Obaasan’s Boots Lesson Plan

  • Vancouver Asahi baseball team, 1917
    Resource Category:
    Prewar, Sports

    Vancouver Asahi baseball team, 1917

    Ed and Muriel Kitagawa Collection. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2010.30.1.5.69.a-b

  • Manzo Nagano has often been credited as the first known Japanese settler to Canada. His supposed arrival in 1877 was used to mark the Japanese Canadian centennial and a mountain has been named after him. His story, however, has not been corroborated with other sources and contradicted by himself. Manzo Nagano, seated (centre) with his wife Tayoko on the right and George’s wife Seki on the left. Standing behind on the left is oldest son George and on the right son Frank. 1910.
    Manzo Nagano
    Resource Category:
    Prewar
    Manzo Nagano has often been credited as the first known Japanese settler to Canada. His supposed arrival in 1877 was used to mark the Japanese Canadian centennial and a mountain has been named after him. His story, however, has not been corroborated with other sources and contradicted by himself. Manzo Nagano, seated (centre) with his wife Tayoko on the right and George’s wife Seki on the left. Standing behind on the left is oldest son George and on the right son Frank. 1910.

    Manzo Nagano

    Manzo Nagano has often been credited as the first known Japanese settler to Canada. His supposed arrival in 1877 was used to mark the Japanese Canadian centennial and a mountain has been named after him. His story, however, has not been corroborated with other sources and contradicted by himself. Manzo Nagano, seated (centre) with his wife Tayoko on the right and George’s wife Seki on the left. Standing behind on the left is oldest son George and on the right son Frank. 1910.

    Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Japanese Consulate of Vancouver. Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre 1994.85.1.a-b

  • In 1907, the Asiatic Exclusion League led an Anti-Asian riot in Vancouver, in which mobs attacked properties belonging to Chinese and Japanese residents in the Powell Street Area. Though the government provided some financial compensation to the communities for the thousands of dollars in damages and lost revenue, politicians turned their efforts toward restricting immigration from Asia, rather than addressing the racist attitudes. University of British Columbia Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Japanese Canadian Research Collection. JCPC-36-017
    Vancouver Riot (1907)
    Resource Category:
    Discrimination, Prewar
    In 1907, the Asiatic Exclusion League led an Anti-Asian riot in Vancouver, in which mobs attacked properties belonging to Chinese and Japanese residents in the Powell Street Area. Though the government provided some financial compensation to the communities for the thousands of dollars in damages and lost revenue, politicians turned their efforts toward restricting immigration from Asia, rather than addressing the racist attitudes. University of British Columbia Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Japanese Canadian Research Collection. JCPC-36-017

    Vancouver Riot (1907)

    In 1907, the Asiatic Exclusion League led an Anti-Asian riot in Vancouver, in which mobs attacked properties belonging to Chinese and Japanese residents in the Powell Street Area. Though the government provided some financial compensation to the communities for the thousands of dollars in damages and lost revenue, politicians turned their efforts toward restricting immigration from Asia, rather than addressing the racist attitudes. University of British Columbia Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Japanese Canadian Research Collection. JCPC-36-017

    University of British Columbia Library Rare Vancouver riot of 1907. Books and Special Collections, JCPC_36_017

  • Sannosuke Maikawa Fish Market, Powell Street, Vancouver, 1918
    Resource Category:
    Businesses, Prewar

    Sannosuke Maikawa Fish Market, Powell Street, Vancouver, 1918

    Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2010.59.1

  • Japanese loggers sitting around large old growth tree felled for lumber ca. 1900s.
    Japanese Canadian Forestry Workers, ca. 1900s
    Resource Category:
    Resource Industries, Prewar
    Japanese loggers sitting around large old growth tree felled for lumber ca. 1900s.

    Japanese Canadian Forestry Workers, ca. 1900s

    Japanese loggers sitting around large old growth tree felled for lumber ca. 1900s.

    Tadashi Jack & Kanaye Kay Kagetsu fonds. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2016.14.1.4.6

  • Outdoor Group Portrait of the First Hospital of the Japanese Fishermen's Association Welcoming the Japanese Navy; Steveston, BC, 1925. Three rows of men standing in front of a building in Steveston, BC, with two crossed flags diplayed over the entry: the Red Ensign and Japanese flags.
    Japanese Fishermen’s Benevolent Society Hospital in Steveston, BC
    Resource Category:
    Prewar
    Outdoor Group Portrait of the First Hospital of the Japanese Fishermen's Association Welcoming the Japanese Navy; Steveston, BC, 1925. Three rows of men standing in front of a building in Steveston, BC, with two crossed flags diplayed over the entry: the Red Ensign and Japanese flags.

    Japanese Fishermen’s Benevolent Society Hospital in Steveston, BC

    Outdoor Group Portrait of the First Hospital of the Japanese Fishermen’s Association Welcoming the Japanese Navy; Steveston, BC, 1925. Three rows of men standing in front of a building in Steveston, BC, with two crossed flags diplayed over the entry: the Red Ensign and Japanese flags.

    Original Source: Unotsuke Sakamoto. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2010.23.2.4.52

  • A large group of men, women and children from the Japanese United Church in Easter, 1941.
    Japanese United Church
    Resource Category:
    Prewar
    A large group of men, women and children from the Japanese United Church in Easter, 1941.

    Japanese United Church

    A large group of men, women and children from the Japanese United Church in Easter, 1941.

    Yataro Arikado collection (credit photographer Yataro Arikado). Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2010-31-37

  • Taxis parked in front of Yama Taxi on Powell St.
    Taxis’ lined up at Yama Taxi on Powell Street, Vancouver
    Resource Category:
    Businesses, Prewar
    Taxis parked in front of Yama Taxi on Powell St.

    Taxis’ lined up at Yama Taxi on Powell Street, Vancouver

    Taxis parked in front of Yama Taxi on Powell St.

    Yamashita Family collection. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2011.11.1.4

  • Asahi player Mike Maruno at bat at the Powell Street Grounds and about to bunt.
    Asahi Baseball Team at Powell Grounds
    Resource Category:
    Prewar, Sports
    Asahi player Mike Maruno at bat at the Powell Street Grounds and about to bunt.

    Asahi Baseball Team at Powell Grounds

    Asahi player Mike Maruno at bat at the Powell Street Grounds and about to bunt.

    Reggie Yasui collection. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2010.26.20

  • R.C.N. officer questioning Japanese Canadian fishermen while confiscating their boat, December 9, 1941
    R.C.N. Officer Questioning Japanese Canadian Fishermen
    Resource Category:
    Internment, Dispossession
    R.C.N. officer questioning Japanese Canadian fishermen while confiscating their boat, December 9, 1941

    R.C.N. Officer Questioning Japanese Canadian Fishermen

    R.C.N. officer questioning Japanese Canadian fishermen while confiscating their boat, December 9, 1941

    Photo: R.C.N. officer questioning Japanese-Canadian fishermen while confiscating their boat Source: Library and Archives Canada/Department of National Defence fonds/a112539

  • Screenshot
    Order-in-Council PC 1486
    Resource Category:
    Discrimination
    Screenshot

    Order-in-Council PC 1486

    Screenshot

    Document: Orders in Council – Décrets du Conseil 1942/02/24-1942/03/02. Defence of Canada Regulations amended re removal of persons from protected areas © Government of Canada. Reproduced with the permission of Library and Archives Canada (2026). Source: Library and Archives Canada/RG2-A-1-a, Vol. 1749, PC1942-1486

  • Seized Japanese Canadian fishing boats at Annieville Dyke, 1942
    Seized Japanese Canadian fishing vessels on Annieville Dyke (1942)
    Resource Category:
    Dispossession
    Seized Japanese Canadian fishing boats at Annieville Dyke, 1942

    Seized Japanese Canadian fishing vessels on Annieville Dyke (1942)

    Seized Japanese Canadian fishing boats at Annieville Dyke, 1942

    Kishizo Kimura fonds. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2010.4.2.1.001

  • Hundreds of bunk beds to house men and boys over 18 at Hastings Park in the Forum Building ca. 1942.
    Bunk Beds in The Forum at Hastings Park
    Hundreds of bunk beds to house men and boys over 18 at Hastings Park in the Forum Building ca. 1942.

    Bunk Beds in The Forum at Hastings Park

    Hundreds of bunk beds to house men and boys over 18 at Hastings Park in the Forum Building ca. 1942.

    Alex Eastwood collection. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 1994.69.3.18

  • Blankets and barriers set up by women while detained in the Hastings Park Livestock Building ca. 1942.
    Livestock Building at Hastings Park
    Resource Category:
    Internment
    Blankets and barriers set up by women while detained in the Hastings Park Livestock Building ca. 1942.

    Livestock Building at Hastings Park

    Blankets and barriers set up by women while detained in the Hastings Park Livestock Building ca. 1942.

    Alex Eastwood collection. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 1994.69.3.20

  • Japanese Canadian families arrive in Greenwood and are assisted by Catholic Nuns. April, 1942.
    Japanese Canadians arrive in Greenwood, BC (1942)
    Resource Category:
    Internment
    Japanese Canadian families arrive in Greenwood and are assisted by Catholic Nuns. April, 1942.

    Japanese Canadians arrive in Greenwood, BC (1942)

    Japanese Canadian families arrive in Greenwood and are assisted by Catholic Nuns. April, 1942.

    Greenwood Museum, P00443

  • Group of Japanese Canadian girls participating in Bon Odori (summer festival) at Greenwood, BC, 1942
    Girls in Greenwood
    Resource Category:
    Internment
    Group of Japanese Canadian girls participating in Bon Odori (summer festival) at Greenwood, BC, 1942

    Girls in Greenwood

    Group of Japanese Canadian girls participating in Bon Odori (summer festival) at Greenwood, BC, 1942

    University of British Columbia Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Japanese Canadian Research Collection. JCPC-16-026

  • File #6689, 4009, 10438 Reg #03352. Letter to HF Green from Tsurukichi Takemoto of Greenwood, BC per S Takemoto. September 5, 1946.
    Letter of protest to Custodian – T. Takemoto (1946)
    Resource Category:
    Protest
    File #6689, 4009, 10438 Reg #03352. Letter to HF Green from Tsurukichi Takemoto of Greenwood, BC per S Takemoto. September 5, 1946.

    Letter of protest to Custodian – T. Takemoto (1946)

    File #6689, 4009, 10438 Reg #03352. Letter to HF Green from Tsurukichi Takemoto of Greenwood, BC per S Takemoto. September 5, 1946.

    Document: Tsurukichi Takemoto to Mr. G B Spain, 05 September 1946 Source: Library and Archives Canada/R1213-0-9-E, RG117

  • Poster advertising the sale of Japanese Canadian property by the Custodian of Enemy Property ca. 1944.
    Custodian of Property auction poster (1944)
    Resource Category:
    Dispossession
    Poster advertising the sale of Japanese Canadian property by the Custodian of Enemy Property ca. 1944.

    Custodian of Property auction poster (1944)

    Poster advertising the sale of Japanese Canadian property by the Custodian of Enemy Property ca. 1944.

  • The Yamamoto berry farm in Mission ca. 1920s.
    Yamamoto Berry Farm
    Resource Category:
    Businesses, Prewar
    The Yamamoto berry farm in Mission ca. 1920s.

    Yamamoto Berry Farm

    The Yamamoto berry farm in Mission ca. 1920s.

  • Japanese Canadians imprisoned at Angler POW camp 1943.
    Angler POW Camp (1943)
    Japanese Canadians imprisoned at Angler POW camp 1943.

    Angler POW Camp (1943)

    Japanese Canadians imprisoned at Angler POW camp 1943.

    Original Format: University of British Columbia Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Japanese Canadian Research Collection. JCPC-25-117

    UBC JCPC-25-096

  • Japanese Canadian internees working at the Yellowhead Highway road camp ca. 1942.
    Road Camp on the Yellowhead Highway
    Resource Category:
    Internment
    Japanese Canadian internees working at the Yellowhead Highway road camp ca. 1942.

    Road Camp on the Yellowhead Highway

    Japanese Canadian internees working at the Yellowhead Highway road camp ca. 1942.

    Photo: Group of interned Japanese-Canadian men at a road camp Source: Library and Archives Canada/T. Bando collection/a118000

  • Japanese Canadian family in New Denver ca. 1942.
    Japanese Canadian Internees in New Denver
    Resource Category:
    Internment
    Japanese Canadian family in New Denver ca. 1942.

    Japanese Canadian Internees in New Denver

    Japanese Canadian family in New Denver ca. 1942.

    Alex Eastwood collection. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 1994.69.4.16

  • Fumi Tamagi and three others picking Sugar Beets; Shaughnessy, Alta. 1943.
    Sugar Beet farm in Shaughnessy, Alberta
    Resource Category:
    Internment
    Fumi Tamagi and three others picking Sugar Beets; Shaughnessy, Alta. 1943.

    Sugar Beet farm in Shaughnessy, Alberta

    Fumi Tamagi and three others picking Sugar Beets; Shaughnessy, Alta. 1943.

    Fumi Tamagi collection. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2000.15.3

  • Burial of Masano Shirakawa at Angler POW camp, ca. 1943. Prisoner wear large circle on uniform for easy target identification.
    Burial at Angler POW Camp
    Resource Category:
    Internment
    Burial of Masano Shirakawa at Angler POW camp, ca. 1943. Prisoner wear large circle on uniform for easy target identification.

    Burial at Angler POW Camp

    Burial of Masano Shirakawa at Angler POW camp, ca. 1943. Prisoner wear large circle on uniform for easy target identification.

    Original Format: University of British Columbia Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Japanese Canadian Research Collection. JCPC-04-003

  • High school students taught by Japanese Canadian teachers at purpose built site ca. 1945.
    High school students 1945
    Resource Category:
    Internment
    High school students taught by Japanese Canadian teachers at purpose built site ca. 1945.

    High school students 1945

    High school students taught by Japanese Canadian teachers at purpose built site ca. 1945.

    Photo: Each evacuee settlement has its own public schools with regular courses for the children. Teachers are Japanese, paid by the B.C. Security Commission Source: Library and Archives Canada/Department of External Affairs fonds/e999900321-u

  • Japanese Canadian workes in the sugar beet fields. Tully, Manitob 1944.
    Sugar Beet Fields, Alberta
    Resource Category:
    Internment, Sugar Beets
    Japanese Canadian workes in the sugar beet fields. Tully, Manitob 1944.

    Sugar Beet Fields, Alberta

    Japanese Canadian workes in the sugar beet fields. Tully, Manitob 1944.

    Original Source: Mrs. T. Hosaki. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2010.23.2.4.139

  • Nisei soldiers in the Second World War ca. 1945.
    Japanese Canadian Soldiers WWII
    Resource Category:
    Soldiers
    Nisei soldiers in the Second World War ca. 1945.

    Japanese Canadian Soldiers WWII

    Nisei soldiers in the Second World War ca. 1945.

    Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre 2005.01.01.06

  • Japanese Canadian man loading truck with luggage during the forced uprooting, 1942.
    Man Loading Truck in Slocan
    Resource Category:
    Internment
    Japanese Canadian man loading truck with luggage during the forced uprooting, 1942.

    Man Loading Truck in Slocan

    Japanese Canadian man loading truck with luggage during the forced uprooting, 1942.

    Photo: Trucks transport personal and household effects for Japanese who wish to be moved to a re-patriation centre Source: Library and Archives Canada/Department of External Affairs fonds/e999900379-u

  • Decorative garden in Three Valley Gap BC, ca.1943.
    Three Mile Gap Decorative Garden
    Resource Category:
    Internment
    Decorative garden in Three Valley Gap BC, ca.1943.

    Three Mile Gap Decorative Garden

    Decorative garden in Three Valley Gap BC, ca.1943.

    Hamade Family collection. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2012.20.11

  • Mountainview Boy's club at Popoff internment camp, ca. 1944.
    Mountainview Boy’s Club – Popoff (1944)
    Resource Category:
    Internment
    Mountainview Boy's club at Popoff internment camp, ca. 1944.

    Mountainview Boy’s Club – Popoff (1944)

    Mountainview Boy’s club at Popoff internment camp, ca. 1944.

    Tsutomu Tom Kimoto collection. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre 2012.11.395