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Honolulu Harbor.png
This panoramic photograph shows Honolulu harbor with five American naval ships and a passenger boat to the far left of the photograph. To the right of the panoramic shot a Hawaiian sailing ship can be seen entering the harbor with a smaller rowing…

Hunting for gold.png
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…

Filipino Passengers.png
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…

brig Thaddeus.png
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…

Moana Hotel.png
This black and white photograph was taken on March 11th 1901. Original size of image is believed to be 1066 by 744 in its full size. The photograph shows the exterior of the Moana Hotel, soon after the hotel opened to the public. The Moana Hotel was…

Wreckage of USS Arizona.png
This photo shows the aftermath of the bombing at Pearl Harbour in December 1941. This photo is significant for a number of reasons. Firstly, the vessel that was bombed was a US naval ship. By the ship being stationed in Hawai’i, it shows that the US…

Komagata Maru.png
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…

Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell.png
A handwritten letter from Mabel Hubbard Bell to her husband, Alexander Graham Bell dated Tuesday November 21, 1876 describing the events of her day. Mabel states the different modes of transportation used to travel to ‘Oakland across the bay’ from…

canoe and boat building industry .png
The source is a series of typed letters regarding the canoe and boat building industry at Port Arthur, British Columbia.

The subject of the early letters is regarding the employment of an expert to teach the Indians of McIntyre Bay and Gull Bay…

Panama Star.png
From eastern America one route out to the gold fields was via the Isthmus of Panama. The 4-8 day crossing offered an alternative to the long sea route via Cape Horn or the wholly overland route. Travellers initially progressed in dug out boats up the…
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