BAG, DUFFLE

Description: WHITE VINYL UPRIGHT DUFFLE BAG WITH BLACK POCKETS AND EDGING, BAG ALSO HAS WHITE VINYL SHOULDER STRAP AND ZIPPER CLOSURE. TWO JAPANESE CHARACTERS ARE HAND PRINTED IN BLACK INK ON BOTH TOP CORNERS. THE TOP HAS "THE REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA COALDALE, ALBERTA, CANADA" HAND PRINTED IN BROWN INK. BAG IS DIRTY AND SHAPE IS DEFORMED.

History: TRAVEL BAG WAS USED BY DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AS A MISSIONARY AND SPEAKER FOR THE ANGLICAN CHURCH. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.