Collection Item
Chinese Community Community

Chinatown with no. 3 mine in background

Type:

Date: 1910

C00-041-chinatown

History

From 1888 on Cumberland mines had a high proportion of Chinese workers, and swampy land was set aside for their thriving community.. Chinatown began to disintegrate in the 1960s. Transferred from Province of British Columbia: Catalog Number: HP41770.

Description

Cumberland Chinatown with No. 3 Mine in the background.

Item Details

  • Materials:
  • Accession Number: 994.1044
  • Other reference: 982.020.105 / C040-041
  • Author: [unknown]
  • Donor: Talbot, Pat
  • Donated: 1982/04/08
  • Size: 21 x 26 cm
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