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Receipt from Chinese Nationalist Headquarters in Canada to Hwang Long-Pal

Receipt from Chinese Nationalist Headquarters in Canada

Document15 May 1918

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Recommendation Letters

Recommendation letters

Documentc. 1920

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Disk Record

record

Artifactc. 1950

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981.304.001_E

Record book of output for No.1 mine

Document31 Dec 1890

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Hospital Record

Record book of Union & Comox Distict Hospital

Document1911 - 1926

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C060-028

Red Cross Group on Parnham’s Lawn

Image[c. 1930s]

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J110.L5 S7ii

Report of Explosion which occurred on February 8th, 1923, in No. 1 Slope, No. 4 Mine, Comox Colliery Cumberland, B.C

Document1923

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Report of Explosion

Report of explosion, Comox Colliery

Document1923

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Miner’s Self Rescue Breather

respirator

Artifact

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C090-007

Road damage from earthquake

Image23 Jun 1946

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Portrait of Robert Dunsmuir

Robert Dunsmuir

Image1 Jun 1880

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990.67.3 72 dpi – Copy

Rosie being fed from a beer bottle

Image[unknown]

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Different ways to navigate the history of Cumberland ...

Stories
C040-345

Forging Solidarity

The Perseverance of Chinese Workers

Story • 13 min read

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Maps
Climbing-4 (1)

A Day At The Lake

A fun itinerary

Map • 11 Locations

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People
Portrait of Joe Naylor

Joe Naylor

1872 - 1946

Coal miner, labour activist

Person

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Journeys
Experience the history of workers' rights

The Labour Movement

Men recruited to work in the coal mines in Canada brought ideas of workers’ rights with them from overseas. The horrific and dangerous working conditions, long hours, poor treatment of workers, high fatality rates, and low pay made the time “rotten ripe” for change.

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Two Men Underground
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