Labour History - Photographs

Group photo of labourers at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd. (now B.C. Forest Products), Youbou, BC during a day shift. Back Row: Sandager S. Chahl; Harbent S. Sandhu; Rasham S. Atwal; Hazura S. Singh; Sham S. Uppal; Rajmal S. Johal; Hansraj S. Bahala. Front Row: Buran S. Gill; Swarn S. Sihota; Charn S. Attwal; Hardit S. Gill; Santa S. Gill; Gurbux S.Singh.

Photo of new immigrants of South Asian origin near the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) wharf in Victoria, British Columbia making bricks.

Statistical data of South Asian immigration to Canada between fiscal years 1904-1907. The data shows that incoming immigrants rose from 45 in 1904 to 2,623 in 1907.

Photo of damaged Japanese owned store during Vancouver riot of 1907 - 130 Powell Street.

Photo of Indian immigrants near the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) wharf in Victoria, BC.

Racist advertisement against Asians printed by BC's labour newspaper, The British Columbia Federationist, September 11, 1914, 4. more

Group photo of Sikh men employed at a lumber mill in Port Moody, BC.

Photo of Ocean Falls on BC's central coast, which was a remote community where South Asians worked in sawmills. more

Aims and objects of the White Canada Crusade by W. R. Page-Wilson and Associates.

Photo of South Asian men standing on a railway platform next to a Canadian Pacific Railway train. Various bags and bundles are on the ground next to and near the men.

Asiatic Exclusion League public meeting invitation published in The Province, August 10, 1907, 9.

Signatures of shareholders of Guru Nanak Mining and Trust Company.

Group photo of Sikh labourers at a wharf, Tod Inlet.

Group photo of workers at Carlson mill, Nakusp, BC.

Photo of living and cooking quarters at Tod Inlet, which were racially segregated and crude. Cardboard was used for insulation and flour sacks as blankets. The 1911 Census recorded 63 men living in the "Hindu Camp" and 239 in the "Chinese Camp". more