title

 

Tak Toyota fonds

 

general material designation

 

[graphic material]
extent

 

17 photographs

 

date

 

1942-1946

 

scope and content

 

The fonds consists of internment scenes in Slocan, British Columbia and other miscellaneous images.

 

biography

 

Tak Toyota lived in Kaslo, BC during the internment. There he ran a photography studio. According to his sister, Kay Fujiwara, because Tak went to Kaslo on his own accord and paid for his own board, he was free to travel around without the permission of the Canadian Government.

 

number

 

1994.76

 

organisation

 

Nikkei National Museum
access

 

Open Restricted