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In regards to migration, sugarcane fields were a place where many people worked in order to make some money, so they could afford to live in their new home and support their families in a new environment. There were a lot of strikes to improve work…

During the 20th Century, many people from Asian countries, such as China, were moving to places such as Hawai’i, in order to provide a better life for themselves and for their families. As a result, they integrated parts of their own culture and…

This marriage certificate, between N. Kohala and Chin Fung shows their place of residence, nationality, age and the minister who married the couple. Including witnesses and place of marriage. The groom is 42 and the bride 27.

This source relates…

An advertisement in the Daily Colonist newspaper for Vancouver Island in 1941, with illustrations of a cargo train hauling lumber along with cargo steamships. The advertisement was published in the leading newspaper for British Columbia, with a vast…

This photograph is an image of a group of Japanese-American men, based in Kauai, who were receiving a physical examination test as they wanted to their part in the Second World War. Despite the fact that many of the young men in the photograph were…

This object is a chisel, most likely used by labourers during the Gold Rush Era, and in the development of the railway network in California. Chisels were digging tools which helped to shape the metal railway tracks that were gradually laid across…