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PLAQUE

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
INSPIRATIONAL PLAQUE
Date Range From
1960
Date Range To
1970
Materials
WOOD, BRASS
Catalogue Number
P19970041623
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
INSPIRATIONAL PLAQUE
Date Range From
1960
Date Range To
1970
Materials
WOOD, BRASS
No. Pieces
1
Height
1
Length
24
Width
17.2
Description
OVAL SHAPED WOOD PLAQUE WITH PICTURE OF JESUS IN TOP LEFT CORNER. RAISED AROUND EDGE IS PALM LEAF PATTERN AND HOOKS. RAISED AT TOP OF PLAQUE ARE PRAYING HANDS WITH "PRAYER CHANGES THINGS" RAISED ON BOTTOM HALF AND PAINTED GOLD COLOR.
Subjects
PERSONAL SYMBOL
Historical Association
RELIGION
History
PLAQUE BELONGED TO DONOR'S PARENTS, REV. G.G. AND LOIS NAKAYAMA, WHO WERE ACTIVE MINISTERS IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA. 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.
Catalogue Number
P19970041623
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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