SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kuri Takenaka PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1972 RECORDED: New Denver (B.C.), 1972-04-26 SUMMARY: Kuri Takenaka was born in 1912 in Japan and married in 1930 at the age of 18. Came to Canada with her husband, Mr. Takenaka, a handyman who had lived in Canada since 1922. Mr. Takenaka's father was a fisherman. Kuri attended Mora School in Vancouver for a year to learn to be a hairdresser. They moved to Woodfibre where Kuri opened her own barbershop, and Mr. Takenaka worked in the sawmill as a handyman. Her barbershop was in business for 9 years before WWII started and they moved to Kaslo camp. After the war they moved to New Denver where Kuri has a barbershop.
Unedited footage. Shows "instant" resource towns in British Columbia, their industrial facilities, and the amenities available to workers and their families, including housing, shopping centres, schools, company stores, etc. Includes footage of the open-pit mine at Phoenix; the town of Mackenzie, north of Prince George; the mill town of Woodfibre, including its ferry service; and the forestry town of Gold River on Vancouver Island.
