ALBUM, RECORD

Description: 1. SLEEVE. ABOVE DIMENSIONS. FRONT OF SLEEVE IS PINK WITH RED AND WHITE PRINT. PICTURES 3 JAPANESE PEOPLE IN JAPANESE DRESS. READS "ROYALE" "MIKADO EXCERPTS" "LONG PLAY 1882" "THE SAVOYARDS". ALSO LISTS 7 SONGS. BACK OF SLEEVE IS WHITE WITH RED PRINT, AND LISTS 3 COLUMNS OF RECORD NAMES. AT BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER IS "COPYRIGHT 1954 RECORD CORP. OF AMERICA". 2. RECORD. 0.1(H) X 25.0(D). RECORD IS BLACK WITH BLUE LABELS IN THE CENTER OF EACH SIDE. LABELS READ "ROYALE MIKADO EXCERPTS 1882" "LONG PLAYING" "CANADIAN PRESSING BY SPARTON AT LONDON CANADA NOT LICENSED FOR RADIO BROADCAST UNDER LICENSE FROM RECORD CORPORATION OF AMERICA".

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.