Staff of 1924

Staff of 1924
Staff of 1924

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Date: 1924  How to Interpret Date
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Date based on writing on recto

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Place: Vancouver, BC

Description: Photograph shows Rev. Yoshimitsu Akagawa with staff of the Woman's Missionary Society (WMS) in front of the Powell Street gymnasium. The staff includes WMS workers who served both Japanese and Chinese missions in Vancouver. Back row: Rev. Y. Akagawa, [unidentified woman], Mrs. Akagawa, Jessie Howie, Agnes Chan; Front row: [3 unidentified women], Etta DeWolfe, Lily McCargar, [unidentified woman]

Curatorial Note:

Agnes Chan and Lily McCargar worked for the Woman's Missionary Society in the Chinese Methodist Mission (Vancouver). They both lived at the missionary residence on Keefer Street.

Archives Control Number: BCCA_2_1128

Extra Information

Collection/Fonds Title: Pacific Mountain Regional Council Archives Reference Collection



Record Title: Staff of 1924  Source

Source of Record Title

Title based on writing on recto

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Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm

Location of Original: Box P-21

Captions/Inscriptions:
  • Recto: "Staf [sic] of 1924."

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People:
  • Akagawa, Yoshimitsu
  • Akagawa, Mrs.
  • Howie, Jessie
  • Chan, Agnes
  • DeWolfe, Etta
  • McCargar, Lily

Subject(s):
  • Clergy--Ordained ministers
  • Group portraits
  • Woman's Missionary Society
  • Residences--Exterior

Language: English

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