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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…
Cartoon, Supporting the exclusion of Chinese Immigrants
This Editorial Cartoon by N.H.Hawkins appeared in the Saturday Sunset Newspaper on the 24th August 1907, it is a black and white cartoon depicting White Immigrants being welcomed into Canada comparatively Chinese Immigrants, are being kept out by a…
Congratulatory letter recognising citizenship, (1952)
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…
Brick thrown from the SS Komagata Maru (1914)
Physical artifact symbolising the Komagata Maru incident in 1914, this brick was thrown by passengers onboard at Policemen boarding the ship out of desperation and as a sign of resistance and frustration of being denied entrance into Canada. The…
Crowding the deck of the Komagata Maru (1914)
Black and White photograph depicting crowding on the deck of the Komagata Maru, the photographs shows male Sikh Immigrants waiting on-board the ship
The Komagata Maru ship carrying 376 passengers was refused entry into Canada on the grounds of…
The Komagata Maru ship carrying 376 passengers was refused entry into Canada on the grounds of…
Lee Shing Dok, Chinese Head Tax Certificate (1913)
Coloured Copy of an official Chinese Head Tax certificate, consisting of an image of Lee Shing Dok and a written declaration of the payment of the Chinese Head Tax.
These certificates were issued to immigrants on entry to Canada. The Chinese Head…
These certificates were issued to immigrants on entry to Canada. The Chinese Head…
Japanese Canadians arriving at Tashme Camp
It is a photograph of Japanese Canadians arriving at Tashme Camp, which was a World War II internment camp in British Columbia. There is a long line of children, one to two deep, with some adults behind them. The centre of the picture shows a car,…
Cumberland mine fatality – fifteen Chinamen dead
It is a letter from a L.L Mound to the attorney general of British Columbia. It notes the death of fifteen Chinamen in a Cumberland mining incident. The letter writer understands the Crown government intends to be represented at the inquest into the…
Against Chinese
An overview on the ‘Chinese question’ at the Trades and Labour local council meeting. It raised the point of what they should do about the local Chinese and covers numerous suggestions on how to remove them from the area. The article states the…