CARTRIDGE, TAPE

Description: 1. CASE. FRONT OF CASE HAS A BLUE BACKGROUND WITH A PICTURE OF A WOMAN WEARING A COLORFUL BLOUSE AND HOLDING HER HANDS UP. THERE IS ALSO JAPANESE WRITING IN PINK AND YELLOW. AT TOP LEFT HAND CORNER IS "8WK-1343". THERE IS A ROUND GOLD STICKER AT BOTTOM LEFT THAT READS "DENON". REST OF CASE HAS A RED BACKGROUND, WITH MOSTLY JAPANESE WRITING ON IT. 2. TAPE. TAPE IS OFF-WHITE WITH A BLUE LABEL. LABEL READS THE SAME AS BACK OF ABOVE CASE. PRINTED IN BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF LABEL IS "8WK-1343 3600" "MADE IN JAPAN". STAMPED ON LEFT SIDE OF FRONT OF TAPE IS "15818". EMBOSSED ON BACK OF TAPE IS "MADE IN JAPAN". 3. PAPER INSERT. 14.9(L) X 10.0(W). SINGLE PIECE OF MEDIUM WEIGHT PAPER. HAS A FOLD LINE IN THE CENTER. BOTH SIDES HAVE JAPANESE PRINT ON THEM IN BLACK (ONE SIDE ALSO HAS SOME RED PRINT). NEAR TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF ONE SIDE IS "951". 4. PAPER INSERT. 36.8(L) X 9.0(W). SINGLE PIECE OF LIGHTWEIGHT YELLOW PAPER. BOTH SIDES OF PAPER HAVE BLACK JAPANESE PRINT ON THEM IN 2 COLUMNS. PRINTED AT TOP OF BOTH SIDES IS "8WK-1343/CSK-1277". PAPER HAS 5 HORIZONTAL FOLD LINES ACROSS IT.

History: ITEMS WOULD HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY DONOR'S (SUNAO) MOTHER, KIKUYE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE PURCHASED LOCALLY, POTENTIALLY AT NAKAGAMA'S. ITEMS WOULD HAVE BEEN ENJOYED IN IRON SPRINGS, TURIN, PICTURE BUTTE AREA. WHEN KIKUYE LEFT PICTURE BUTTE FOR NANAIMO IN THE LATE 1980'S IT WAS ALL LEFT BEHIND. DONOR CAN ONLY PRESUME ABOVE INFORMATION AS MATERIAL WAS DONATED AFTER MOTHER'S PASSING. KIKUYE WAS BORN IN 1904. KIKUYE AND HER HUSBAND KUNIYOSHI, CAME TO CANADA IN 1918 AND INITIALLY SETTLED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. IN 1941, THEY MOVED TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA WHERE THEY FARMED AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY IN THE TURIN AREA. KIKUYE AND HER HUSBAND LATER RETIRED IN PICTURE BUTTE. KIKUYE LATER MOVED TO NANAIMO, B.C. WHERE SHE RESIDED UNTIL PASSING AWAY IN MAY OF 2002.