titleA Group Portrait of Twelve Women on a Sidewalk from the Okanagan Academy of Dressmaking; Kelowna, BC

 

nameImage, Digital

 

date1951

 

descriptionThe image shows a group portrait of twelve women posing on a sidewalk. The woman on the far left is leaning against a vehicle with the licence plate "57-138". There are signs in the background that read "TIRE(S)", "DRESSMAKING" and "SCOTT BUILDING WASHING MACHINES".

 


 

In the front row from left to right is Sakae Uyeama, Mary Sakamoto, Amy Tokairin, Shizuko Ibaraki and Yosh Koyama. In the back row from left to right is Mrs Mikie Tahara (instructor), Mrs Nelson, Betty Kurita, unidentified, Kuniko Tsuruda (nee Kitaura), Emma Naito (9nee Numada) and unidentified

 

history of use

 

This picture was taken in Kelowna, BC in March 1951. These ladies were in Mrs Mikie’s dressmaking class. The group was called “ Kelowna Dressmaking”.

 

part ofGenzaburo and Kimiko Nakamura Family collection
number2012.10.1.3.103

 

organisation

 

Nikkei National Museum
accessOpen