Yoichi "Harry" Hironaka on the left, and Mr. Shimbashi on the right sitting on a prop of a crescent moon wearing a face. A banner with Lethbridge printed on it is behind them. Taken at the 7th International Dry Farming Congress, at the exhibition grounds, in a photographer’s booth. The congress was October 21-26, 1912. Mr. Shimbashi apprenticed cooking under Mr. Hironaka. Mr. Shimbashi went on to cook at the E.P. Ranch and Mr. Hironaka cooked at the Dallas Hotel in Lethbridge. In 1915, the Hironakas sold the restaurant they owned in Raymond to Mr. Shimbashi.
 

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