BOX
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- PAPER, COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041080
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- PAPER, COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3.9
- Length
- 11.3
- Width
- 7.2
- Description
- CARDBOARD BOX IS COVERED WITH OILCLOTH THAT HAS BLUE FLOWERS ON IT. OILCLOTH IS WORN AND YELLOWED WITH SEVERAL HOLES IN IT. OILCLOTH IS FASTENED WITH CLEAR PLASTIC TAPE.
- Subjects
- CONTAINER
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- OILCLOTH BOX BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS NAKAYAMA (NEE MASUI YAO), WHO MADE IT FROM AN OLD TABLE CLOTH. LOIS NAKAYAMA WAS ORIGINALLY FROM JAPAN AND WAS A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY TO THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY IN VANCOUVER WHEN SHE MET AND MARRIED G.G. NAKAYAMA IN 1926. SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF JAPAN'S KINDERGARTEN TRAINING COLLEGE AND WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN VANCOUVER, SLOCAN AND COALDALE WHERE SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY IN 1945. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041080
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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