[Photo of damaged Japanese owned store during Vancouver riot of 1907 - 130 Powell Street]

The aftermath of the September 7, 1907 Vancouver riot. The South Asian man in the far right was a friend of the Japanese store owner. He was helping the Nishimura family clean up from the riot. This same family friend helped the Nishimuras by holding their possessions in the period of Japanese internment during World War II. See Interview with Denise Yae Nishimura, Sedai Oral History Catalogue, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. Available by request through https://jccc.on.ca/sedai-catalogue/2010323060509/interview-deniseyae-nishimura-japanese-canadian-experience. "Building Damaged during Vancouver Riot of 1907 – 130 Powell Street", Japanese Canadian Photograph Collection, University of British Columbia Rare Books and Special Collections, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/ 1.0048857.