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Title
Date(s)
- [ca. 1905]-1934 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
47 photographs.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Toyo Takata was born in the family residence, near the Japanese Tea Garden on January 14, 1920. His father and uncle owned the Tea Garden and ran it until April, 1942, when they were expelled from Victoria and sent to detention camps in the British Columbia interior. Toyo Takata spent the war years in Slocan and later settled in Toronto, where he worked in the printing business. He married Martha Masato Hori on October 21, 1950.
Repository
Archival history
Gift of Toyo Takata; 3 accessions donated between 1986 and 1993.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of photographs of the Japanese Tea Gardens in Esquimalt, B.C. and of the Takata family.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
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Conditions governing access
There are no restrictions on access to these records.
Conditions governing reproduction
Researchers are responsible for observing Canadian copyright regulations.
Language of material
- English
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Notes area
Note
Accession Numbers: 993-064, v986-018, v989-019.
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Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Created - 2022-03-23
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Sources
Archivist's note
On MemoryBC: https://www.memorybc.ca/toyo-takata-fonds.