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Honolulu display of traditional native and Western building styles
The image clearly shows the impact the missionaries had on Hawaii. From this piece of artwork you can see the traditional Hawaiian building styles followed by western style structures in the background. This shows the occupation of the Hawaiian…
Illustrated map of Vancouver area with indigenous place names
A map of the Vancouver and North Shore area, illustrated with animals and trees and a totem pole. The map, created by Englishwoman Jessiman who moved to Canada in 1928, appears to be hand-drawn with ink and pencil on paper and measures 56cm x 77cm.…
Image of ‘Hanging of the Mexican Woman”
William Downie wrote Hunting for Gold which incorporated the image titled “Hanging of the Mexican Woman,” referring to the lynching of Josefa Segovia. She was the only woman to ever be hung in California. Her killing places a large emphasis on the…
Image of Chinese immigrants at the San Francisco Custom house
This image is from the front of Harper’s Weekly, a popular magazine during the 19th century. The picture depicts a line of Chinese immigrants getting off a boat at San Francisco and waiting in a room. The room is identified as the custom house. The…
Journal of a lady’s travels round the world: with illustrations from sketches by the author. Alternate title: A lady’s travels round the world
This source is a journal/diary which has been published into a book focusing on the voyages of F.D Bridges and her husband who were both anglo-canadian elites. It provides the reader with greatly detailed insights about the areas and geographical…
Queen Liliuokalani entering Iolani Palace to begin her imprisonment
A drawing based on a photograph, depicting Queen Liliuokalani beginning her confinement in her palace. The picture was featured in an unknown San Francisco paper. Although no specific date is given Queen Liliuokalani’s region of Hawaii, as its last…
Receiving The Manila Volunteer
A newspaper article from The San Francisco Call dated Sunday June 12, 1898 titled ‘Receiving the Manila Volunteers’. Mrs Wendell Easton, the Chairman Committee of Nurses within the Red Cross Society states how they plan to ‘fit out a hospital’ on a…
Rossland’s Gold Rush
This source is a watercolour image set in Rossland, a mining town, in 1891. It shows a miner holding a pick axe on his shoulder, showing to the viewer of the image what can be assumed as a golden nugget. In the background is a row of wooden…
Scene in Uncle Sam’s Senate
This is a political cartoon depicting a heated moment in the senate debate about admitting California as a free state, during the Compromise of 1850. On the left, Mississippi senator Henry Foot is pointing a pistol at the senator of Missouri, Thomas…
The Brig Thaddeus
A ship twenty-four feet wide and eight-five feet long, took the first missionaries to Hawaii, including Reverend Hiram Bingham. It took a 164 day route from Massachusetts, Boston to the Hawaiian Islands.
On board the Thaddeus many letters and diary…
On board the Thaddeus many letters and diary…