Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1970

Date Range To

1980

Materials

PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.9

Length

18

Width

5.8

Description

RECTANGULAR HEAVY PAPER BOOKMARK HAS PAPER MADE FEMALE FIGURE ON FRONT. FIGURE IS JAPANESE GIRL WEARING A GOLD AND RED KIMONO WITH A LIGHT BLUE DECORATED SASH. RED FLOWERS ARE PAINTED AROUND HER ON CARD BACKING. JAPANESE CHARACTERS ARE HAND PRINTED ALONG RIGHT SIDE OF FRONT AND DOWN BACK AS WELL. AT TOP RIGHT OF CARD BACKING IS PUNCHED HOLE WITH A PEACH COLORED RIBBON TIED THROUGH IT.

Subjects

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T&E

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

BOOKMARK WAS A CHRISTMAS GIFT GIVEN TO SOMEONE IN DONOR'S FAMILY AT COALDALE. NAKAYAMA AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE IN 1945 AFTER BEING RELOCATED FROM VANCOUVER IN 1942 TO SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AT COALDALE HE FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041117

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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