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MURAKAMI, KIMIKO AND RICHARD

Kimiko Murakami and baby, Richard Murakami in Greenwood, B.C., where the Murakami was sent after being removed from their home on Salt Spring Island. The building in the background is the Greenwood post office.
After their long toil with their dream within their grasp, the Canadian Government took away all their possessions and sent them to internment camps in the British Columbia interior.

MURAKAMI, KIMIKO AND RICHARD

 



Collection Murakami Collection Accession number 2004005035
Location Murakami family home Dimension 7.7cm x 5.2cm
Date 1941 Extent and Physical Description black and white snapshot
Responsibility unknown    
Source Rose Murakami    

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