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1. 2019.004.002 - Print, Photographic

   5 men and No. 2 Timberland climax locomotive stationary on some tracks and railroad sidings. It has its characteristic steam cylinder tilted at an angle.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 2019.004.003 - Print, Photographic

   Four men watching stumps get pulled out of the ground with a yarding cable. There is something printed in Kanji on the back of the photo which says "No.5's Donkey". Donor's relative, Shuichi Shinkawa, worked for Hillcrest Lumber Company. 2019.004.004 references Timberland. Both companies logged in the Cowichan Valley so it is likely this photograph was taken somewhere in the Cowichan Valley.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 2019.004.004 - Print, Photographic

   Photo of a group of men in front of a wood building. There is Kanji writing on the photograph, it says, "Everyone at Timberland Camp in commemoration of farewell to Mr. Heikchi Nishimura September 8, Showa 3". Showa 3 (possibly 5) = 1928, refers to the third year of the reign of Emperor Hirohito (1926-1989).

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 2019.004.006 - Print, Photographic

   A crowd of Japanese men and women inside a wooden building. They are sitting and standing behind some Red Cross International supplies. The Kanji says: "Received gifts from Japan as well as in commemoration of Seniors Club, Popoff Slocan January 30, 1944 (Over 70 years old)."

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. 2019.004.012 - Print, Photographic

   A crowd of women and children who appear to be waiting in line. These are Japanese-Canadians who had been forcefully removed from their homes and sent to an internment camp in Slocan Valley. Some individuals interned here were from the Cowichan Valley, like Shuichi Shinkawa, who is the donor's grandfather(?).

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. 2019.004.013 - Print, Photographic

   Bunkhouses for the Popoff Internment Camp in Slocan Valley. The large bunkhouses were for work crews and later adapted for the elderly, bachelors, and single people. One became a school. Many of the individuals interned here came from the Cowichan Valley.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. 2019.004.014 - Print, Photographic

   Tents for the Popoff Internment Camp in Slocan Valley. WWI army tents provided temporary housing, while the 14' x 24' three-room cabins were being built. Many of the individuals interned here came from the Cowichan Valley.

   Record Type: Photo