Interview with Midge Ayukawa

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Title: Interview with Midge Ayukawa
Date created: 1991-01-10
Interviewee: Ayukawa, Midge
Interviewer(s): n/a
Location of interview: Victoria, B.C.
Time period discussed: pre-WWII; 1990s
Place of birth: n/a
Addresses concerned: 763 Powell St. (interviewee's home prior to internment)
General comments: Powell Street Festival and questiions of 'authenticity' of the festival; Japanese culture and 'mixed' marriages, changing attitudes. Interviewee describes Powell Street in the present as 'ghost-town,' 'unpleasant,' and 'hurtful.'
Subject(s): Ethnic makeup of Powell St. community (pre-war) -- experience at Strathcona school -- Powell St. 'then' and 'now' -- Powell St. Festival -- significance of baseball -- prostitution on Powell St.
Language: English
Type: Interviews (Sound recordings)
Oral histories
Duration: 50:25
Copyright: n/a