Interview with Tad Wakabayashi

Date
1990-06-19
Interviewee: Wakabayashi, Tadao
Description

This conversation consists of a tour through Vancouver's "Japantown" neighborhood. Mr. Wakabayashi recounts the history of where businesses were and what the buildings used to house in the neighborhood, illustrating a picture of how the neighborhood was changed by the events surrounding World War 2.

Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (01:20:28))
Business/company discussed
Sunrise Market; Union Fish Market
Time period discussed
Specific dates are not mentioned
Topic discussed
Powell St. neighborhoods; childhood activities in neighborhood; businesses; pre-war/post-war Japan Town; historical accounts of individual buildings
Addresses of concern
382 Powell St., 314 Powell St., 437 Powell St., 439 Powell St., 525 Powell St.
Accession Number
1996.166.009
Location
Powell St., Vancouver, BC
Subject (Geographic)
Strathcona (Vancouver, B.C.)
Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.)
Genre
Interviews
Oral histories
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Part of
Japanese Canadian Oral History Collection
Identifier
johc_121
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Source/owner of material

Japanese Canadian National Museum

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