ALBUM, RECORD

Description: 1. RECORD. ABOVE DIMENSIONS. BLACK WITH LIGHT GREEN LABELS. LABELS FEATURE THE BUST OF A JAPANESE MAN AND READ "TEICHIKU" "C-3804" "TEICHIKU RECORDS CO. LTD NARA JAPAN." 2. SLEEVE. 25.2 X 25.4. SQUARE. BROWN PAPER WITH DARK BROWN PRINT. BOTH SIDES READ "TEICHIKU" AT THE TOP OVER A PATTERN OF HORIZONTAL LINES, AND "RECORDS" AT THE BOTTOM OVER A DIAMOND PATTERN. BELOW THIS IS JAPANESE WRITING. WRITTEN ON ONE SIDE IN PEN IS "3804". EDGES OF SLEEVE ARE WORN. 3. PAPER INSERT. 23.6 X 19.2. SINGLE SHEET OF WHITE PAPER, FOLDED IN HALF, WITH BLUE AND YELLOW PRINT. ON FRONT IS THE PHOTO OF A JAPANESE MAN'S HEAD PLACED ON A CARTOON BODY INSIDE A CARTOON CAR. THERE IS JAPANESE WRITING AROUND HIM. AT BOTTOM READS "PRINTED IN JAPAN". INSIDE AND BACK COVER HAVE SHEET MUSIC, ONE LABELLED "BOOGIE" AND ONE "ANDANTE". ALL THE REST OF PRINT IS IN JAPANESE.

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.