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Our Mothers' Patterns
Location: Vancouver, BC

 
Kohei Saito at the entrance to his Tailor Shop at 397 Powell Street
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A pair of scissors and tweezers used by Kohei Saito at his tailor shop on Powell Street
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Double breasted men's wool serge top coat with Matsumiya and Nose label
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A wooden clothes hanger from the men's furnishings store Matsumiya and Nose at 229 Powell Street
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Detail of double breasted men's wool serge top coat with Matsumiya and Nose label
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Two metal ring thimbles used by Kimiko Saito
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Wedding portrait of Jim Hori and Margaret Saito
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Portrait of Kimiko Saito, bridesmaid for her oldest sister Margaret
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Portrait of Fumiko Saito, bridesmaid for her sister Margaret
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Letter to Fumiko Ezaki
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Advertisement for S. Tanaka's Bonnie Lass Cleaners, 'modern dressmakers,' at 4243 Dunbar Street
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Ryokichi (left) and Mitsu Kohara in front of Sisters Cleaners and Dressmakers
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Ayako Kohara (nee Yasui) in front of Sisters Cleaners and Dressmakers
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A square, ruler, and French curve used by Miyoko Takeuchi for dressmaking from the 1930s on.
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Satin wedding gown of Miyoko Takeuchi, designed and sewn by her ca. 1936.
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Sayoko Hattori at her sewing machine at Seabreeze Cleaners, Vancouver, ca. 1953.
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A page from Sayoko Hattori's pattern book, ca. 1930
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Pattern drawings from Sayoko Hattori's pattern book
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