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Index to Filipino Passengers Arriving at Honolulu, Roll 1, Aadriane, Pedro-Alfeche, Matias
This is another part of a Shipping Manifest, this time of a passenger from the Philippines. This 22-year-old male was travelling aboard the President Cleveland Ship, on March 14 1924. This is an important document, as we know there were many jobs…
Screen Cartoonist Guild strike against Walt Disney Studio, 1941
This source is a black and white photograph showing members of the ‘Screen Cartoonists Guild’ protesting outside of the RKO palace theatre that is showing Disney’s ‘The Reluctant Dragon’. The marchers include both men and women holding up signs. Due…
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, The Chinese in Hawaii
This newspaper acts like a history essay, in the sense that it gives a breakdown of the history of Chinese migration to Hawaii. A lot of Chinese men came to Hawaii in order to find work so that they could either send the money home to their families,…
Japanese Sugar Plantation Workers
This image shows Japanese sugar plantation workers on their home in Wainaku, clutching onto their very young children. Japanese immigrants first arrived in Hawai’i not long before this photograph was taken and akin to the Chinese immigrant’s…
Chinese family, Honolulu
This source shows a young Chinese mother and father sat with their six children and pet cat in their home in Honolulu, Hawai’i. This may suggest that these Chinese immigrants were able to establish a happy family life in Hawai’i and the fact that…
‘The General Laws of the State of California from 1850 to 1864’
This is a manuscript of California state laws. It outlines the inalienable rights of its citizens, social, political and personal prohibitions, as well as local legislation. Slavery was prohibited unless it was a punishment for a crime, the fugitive…
Women’s Co-operative Printing Union
A visually printed illustration showing one woman using a printing machine with the name ‘L.Curtis’ by her foot. Below is a transcript of different fonts and sizes reading “Every description of printing neatly executed, at the Women’s Co-operative…
Revelstoke Herald general and local news section
This source is a section of the Revelstoke herald newspaper focusing on the local news in the area. This article focuses mainly on small jobs or journeys being carried out by influential locals, but at the bottoms asks about those that have found…
Tightening the reins on the Oriental in British Columbia
The source is a short newspaper article in a newspaper called the Canadian Grocer. The newspaper features the headline ‘Tightening the reins on the Oriental in British Columbia’.
The article discussed the competition between Chinese retailers and…
The article discussed the competition between Chinese retailers and…
Head tax certificate for Jew Chew Gee
This source is a handwritten document of a head tax certificate for the individual Jew Chew Gee. The source shows the number of the certificate. It is also signed by the Chief controller of Chinese immigration.
The source shows how Chinese…
The source shows how Chinese…