titleA Portrait of a Fumiyo Nasu Posing on Hell's Bells ; Greenwood, BC

 

namePhotograph

 

dateAfter 1942

 

descriptionThe image shows Fumiyo Nasu, a friend of Mytssu Sasaki (nee Fugeta), wearing a dress and jacket and sitting Hell's Bells. Mountains are visible in the background. Mytssu Sasaki was one of Fumiyo Nasu's bridesmaids when she married a member of the Hamagami family while in Greenwood.

 

history of use

 

"Hell's Bells" the 'bells' are huge black slag cones that were a byproduct of the smelter operation. Transported by bell-shaped rail cars, they were dumped onto the ground, red hot and glowing.

 

part ofSasaki Family collection
number2011.68.1.6

 

organisation

 

Nikkei National Museum
accessOpen