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This wet plate glass negative photo is in good condition despite the rough edges around the image due to the complicated procedures required to maintain pictures in this regard. In the picture of a Chinese settlement we can see a various amount of…

The object is a metal Plucker, used to pluck feathers from ducks and chickens. The inscription on the side indicates its origin came from China where the tool was forged and transported into Victoria by the Chinese migrants due to the gold rush of…

This picture shows the burning of a building in Chinatown, Honolulu, which was home to a lot of the Chinese migrants in Hawaii. Following the death of You Chong in 1899 from the plague, the Board of Health decided to quarantine the area. They…

Coloured textual source of letter showing written correspondence between Walter Edward Harris, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Ma, Quon On written on the 4th December 1952. In which Walter Edward Harris congratulated Ma on his recent…

This black and white photo of a “bagnio” shows the conditions those working in Chinese Brothel Houses dealt with. The portrait photo depicts a bath house in Chinatown, San Francisco. Prostitution at the time was popular but it was not an easy…