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‘Who’ll get the wishbone’
The source is a political caricature which shows ‘Uncle Sam’, a personification of the United States, cutting a chicken and questioning which child (shown as Cuba and Hawaii) will get the wishbone. This source was published at the time of the…
"Vancouver's Island, the Hudson's Bay Company's establishment"; published in the Illustrated London News
This illustration of Hudson’s Bay Company’s establishment on Vancouver Island was published in The Illustrated London News in 1848. It shows Fort Victoria, accessible through Victoria Harbour and is useful in providing us with an insight into the…
“Here we are again!”
This newspaper cartoon negatively portrays the Hawaiian home rule party. It places the leader of the party, Robert William Wilcox (identified by his moustache) at the center of the illustration, carrying ‘anti-Dole’ papers. In the background, other…
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…
British Columbia Tribune
This newspaper article assesses the governmental mismanagement of British Columbia and Vancouver Island’s structure as colonies. The article saliently concludes that foreign trade for New Westminster and Victoria will be diminished, and Vancouver…
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…
CP Rail news (Canadian Pacific Railway Company)
Public Relations & Advertising
The source is a CP Rail newspaper that consists of news, information and achievements of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The newspaper features sections such as ‘Special projects’, ‘Changes in format to the newspaper’ and ‘Railway people in the…
The newspaper features sections such as ‘Special projects’, ‘Changes in format to the newspaper’ and ‘Railway people in the…
Death of a well known Indian Resident
An article which gives some basic detail into the life of Isaac Gurney at Anyox, formerly Goose Bay. It states that he owned a row boat and engaged in activities such as salmon fishing and hunting. It is reported that he said he was ninety-two years…
Edition of San Francisco Call: Number 68, 7th August 1890
Small advertisement within an Edition of the San Francisco Call advertising the monthly meeting of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America. Advertisement is made up of around 20 words. The San Francisco Call was a very short-lived newspaper,…
Glimpses of Hawaii
A front cover of Austin’s Hawaiian Weekly from October 1899, with the tagline “Devoted to the Interests of the Pacific”. This description ties in with the paper’s address of the Boer War later in one of its articles. The description of the paper and…