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Mary Ohara modelling a red hat and white feather cape and a radiant smile
1996
Vancouver, BC

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Acknowledgments

The Japanese Canadian National Museum recognizes and thanks all those who have generously contributed to help realize this virtual exhibition for the Community Memories section of the Virtual Museum of Canada: Midge Ayukawa, Fumiko Ezaki, Mas Fukawa, Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens Association Bulletin, Ruth Hamaguchi, Minnie Hattori, Sayoko Hattori, Daien Ide, Bev Inouye, Marge Kamiya, Yosh Kariatsumari, Ayako Kohara, Cathy Makihara,Toshimi Mitsui, Ayako Nakamura, Chizu Nakamura, Kimiko Nasu, Sawae Nishikihama, Sakuya Nishimura, Liz Nunoda, Mary Ohara, Mary Fumiko Ikeda Otto, Chie Oya, Randy Preston, Ritsuko Saimoto, Marie Saito, Ivan Sayers, Joan Seidl, Mary Seki, Kiyoshi Shimizu, Nagisa Shimizu, Michael Siemens, Susan Michi Sirovyak, Rosemarie and Kenneth Takeuchi, Lurana Kikko Tasaka, Joe Tatebe, Kay Tatebe, Grace Eiko Thomson, and the Vancouver Museum.

The Japanese Canadian National Museum also recognizes and thanks those who assisted with the 1996 Powell Street Festival exhibition and the historical fashion show that accompanied it: curators Minnie Hattori, Suzi Nitta Petersen, Naomi Sawada, and Susan Michi Sirovyak; contributors Ann Alger, Midge Ayukawa, Misao Miriam Batts, Ineke Dijks, Karol Dubitz, Ruth Hamaguchi, Minnie Hattori, Sayoko Hattori, Bev Inouye, JCCA Bulletin, Tatsuo Kage, Marge Kamiya, Yosh Kariatsumari, Yvonne Kitada, Mrs. Kitagawa, Ayako Kohara, Kimiko Matsunaga, Seishi Matsuno, Ayako Nakamura, Chizu Nakamura, Mary Ohara, Mary Fumiko Ikeda Otto, Chie Oya, Suzi Nitta Petersen, Sue Raymond, Akiko Redlinger, Rits Saimoto, Sandra Sokugawa, Yasuko (Bambi) Sokugawa, Marie Saito, Ivan Sayers, Mary Seki, Lurana Kikko Tasaka, Joe Tatebe, Kay Tatebe, Sayuri Tsuruda, University of British Columbia Library Special Collections, Takeo Yamashiro, and Jody Woods.

The Japanese Canadian National Museum gratefully acknowledges the support and financial assistance of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage Information Network, Community Memories Program, for this virtual exhibition project.

Timothy Savage,
Japanese Canadian National Museum