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Group photograph in front of the small office building of the Macken Brothers Lumber Yard, Chilliwack, BC. Buildings, lumber and mountains are visible in the background. Left to right: Thomas P. Knight, William Lyle Macken, Lettie Jackson, Harry Jackson, Walter Frost, and Mr. Singh, and Hughie Mercer [?] standing on horse drawn flat bed wagon.
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Group photograph of six people standing in front of the small office building of the Macken Brothers Lumber Yard in Chilliwack, BC. The group of people in the photograph are identified as workers of the company. Left to right: William Lyle Macken, Thomas P. Knight, Lettie Jackson, Harry Jackson, Walter Frost and Mr. Singh. Mr. Singh is seen wearing a turban, trousers, and vest, and is standing slightly separated from the group.
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Photo of dairy farmer G. Joginder Singh Bains holding some grass from his 40 acre field.
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Photo of farm workers attaching cut vines onto overhead conveyor line, for processing at the John I. Haas Hop Yards at Sardis, Chilliwack, BC.
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Photo of farm workers attaching cut vines onto overhead conveyor line, for processing at the John I. Haas Hop Yards at Sardis, Chilliwack, BC.
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Photo of two farm workers holding hop vines at Haas Hop farm on Evans Road in Sardis, Chilliwack. Large hop picking machine visible on right in image. Hops are harvested by hand and machine.
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Photo of an unidentified Sikh man holding hop vine with left hand at hop yards, Chilliwack, BC.
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Photo of hop farm workers attaching cut viness to an overhead conveyor, Chilliwack, BC.
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Photo of two unidentified Sikh hop pickers at work in field of hops, Chilliwack, BC.
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Photo of a Sikh man standing on a horse-drawn buggy in a field; cows pictured to the left; small building and barn visible behind the man; Mt. McGuire and Liumchen Mountain visible in the background. Photographer: Frederick G. Leary. ca. 1914-1920