ALBUM, RECORD

Description: 1. RECORD. BLACK WITH BLACK AND GOLD LABELS. LABELS READ "VICTOR ORTHOPHONIC RECORDING 50409". "50409A" AND "50409B" ARE ALSO EMBOSSED ON RECORD NEAR CENTER. THERE IS A LIGHT GREEN STICKER ON ONE SIDE WITH JAPANESE WRITING ON IT. 2. RECORD. BLACK WITH BLACK AND GOLD LABELS. LABELS READ "VICTOR ORTHOPHONIC RECORDING 50410". "50410A" AND "50410B" ARE ALSO EMBOSSED ON RECORD NEAR CENTER. THERE IS A LIGHT GREEN STICKER ON ONE SIDE WITH JAPANESE WRITING ON IT. 3. SLEEVE. 25.3 X 25.6. BROWN PAPER WITH BLACK PRINT. ON ONE SIDE IS A PHOTO OF A JAPANESE MAN AND THE HEADS OF FOUR OTHER MEN. THERE IS A DECORATIVE FLORAL BORDER AROUND PERIMETER OF EACH SIDE, AS WELL AS JAPANESE WRITING. ALSO ON BOTH SIDES READS "ELECTRICAL PROCESS" AND HAVE A TRADEMARK IMAGE FEATURING A JAPANESE WARRIOR ON A HORSE. STAMPED IN ORANGE ON ONE SIDE IS "3423". PAPER IS TORN IN SEVERAL PLACES AND WORN AT THE EDGES.

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.