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Correspondence relative to the Canadian Pacific Railway
Due to British Columbia agreeing to build transport links as per the agreement to join the Canadian confederation, this book of papers contain the context surrounding the “pacific scandal”. A scandal which saw a bribery of the first government of…
Chinamen washing for Gold near Northbend
The dry plate image, which is creased and is fading, still tells us enough about the Chinese immigrants who were transported on the trains, working to find gold through traditional means of washing for gold. Due to the efforts of the Canadian…
British Columbia Mission
This account of the travel experiences of the missionaries provide us with detailed insights into the areas they travelled. Details regarding the price of various services and goods, transportation costs and the general make up of cities and scenery…
Hunting for gold: reminiscences of personal experience and research in the early days of the Pacific
The book details the life of a gold rush miner as he travelled through various regions in British Columbia search of gold. The context surrounding his travels through Montreal, San Francisco and other cities, is at a time where the gold rush was in…
Crowds at C.P.R. wharf viewing the arrival of the first train in Vancouver
The B&W glass negative photo depicts the arrival of the first train, Engine NO.374, to arrive in Vancouver in 1887. The use of dry plate gelatin matches the similar photos taken during the same period and furthermore the crease on the edge of the…
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…
Two Native people with outrigger canoes at shoreline, Honolulu, Hawaii
This picture shows 2 native Hawaiians on the shoreline with their outrigger canoes. The significance of this photo proves how much water and water based sports, were a big part of the Hawaiian culture. They had a vast knowledge of the water, which…
Surfboard/ Papa Hee Nalu
The object in question here is what people stereotypically associate Hawaiians with, the surfboard. The surfboard is a cultural and religious manifestation of indigenous Hawaiian people’s exceptional skills in water transport and leisure. However,…
Pan American ‘California Clipper’ passengers on inaugural flight
This is a black and white photograph, 1371 by 1183 in size, taken in 1939. Taken by the Pan-Pacific Press Bureau, the photograph shows passengers of the Pan American ‘California Clipper’ after their arrival in Honolulu. Pan America Airlines was the…
Scorched postcard from Hawaii to Canada
This is a postcard written on March the 9th, 1913 and postmarked on March the 12th of the same year. The original size of the postcard is unknown. The postcard is written by someone known only as Violet and addressed to Mr P. R. Burton – possible…