Labour History - Photographs

Group photo of soldiers in Vancouver harbour en route to or from London for Edward VII's coronation. more

Group photo of lumber mill workers at the North Pacific Lumber Company.

Text written by Kartar Singh Sarabha.

Photo of the arrests during the free speech demonstration, Vancouver, BC.

Advertisement of J. Edward Bird's legal firm. J. Edward Bird, hired by the Khalsa Diwan Society to represent the passengers on board the Komagata Maru in Vancouver, 1914 was a regular advertiser in the Socialist Party newspaper. The Western Clarion, April 6, 1907, 4. more

Newspaper clipping titled, Sikh honor Harold Winch." Harold Winch was given a ceremonial sword called the kirpan in recognition of his efforts to help South Asians during his political career. more

Group photo of the "donkey" crew on Hill 60, Kapoor Lumber Company, Sooke Lake. South Asian-owned Kapoor Lumber Company at Sooke Lake was notorious for paying lower wages to its Asian workers. For this reason it was a target for union organizing in the 1940s more

Group photo of workers at Kapoor Lumber Company, Sooke Lake.

Letter addressed to Hindi workers by International Woodworkers of America [I.W.A.].

Photo of 1943 Lake Cowichan Dominion Day parade. The entire membership of the IWA got behind South Asian demands for equality at work. In this photo from the 1943 Lake Cowichan Dominion Day parade, children of union members held a banner promoting "Equal Pay For Equal Work For All" — a key union demand that was achieved in the 1943 and 1946 agreements. more

Labour Day Sports, Lake Cowichan, BC.

Portrait of Darshan Singh Sangha.

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Election illustrations.

International Woodworkers of America promotional label.

Photo of Tara Singh Bains with two unidentified individuals.