Interview with Tokuko Inoue

Date

1997-03-25

Description

Tokuko discusses about working as a dressmaker in Vancouver. She designed and made clothes herself, and moved to Kelowna for a brief period of time. Discrimination and racism are themes of this interview.

Physical description

1 online resource (1 audio file (00:32:27))

Business/company discussed

Shimotakahara; Saba; The Hudson Bay

Time period discussed

Around 1942

Names mentioned

Judy; Leonard; Howard

Topic discussed

Sewing; Dressmaking; World War II; Internment Camp

Addresses of concern

Cordova street, Powell street, Granville

Accession Number

2011.52.2

Subject (Geographic)

Kelowna (B.C.)

Toronto (Ont.)

Japan

Genre

Interviews

Oral histories

Sound recordings

Type of resource

Sound recording non-musical

Language

English

Japanese

Part of

Japanese Canadian Oral History Collection

Identifier

johc_136

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