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Labour History - Photographs
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Statistical data from the Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Item depicts 20 men living in a "Lodging House owned by the Lumber Company for Hindoo crew" at the Columbia River Lumber Company in Golden, BC. The 12-year-old son of one of the workers is identified as a student. The earliest arrived in Canada in 1906.
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White Rock Museum and Archives collection
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Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. District of New Westminster, Surrey Municipality, enumeration sub-district no. 28, page 15.
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White Rock Museum and Archives collection
Description
Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. District of New Westminster, Surrey Municipality, enumeration sub-district no. 28, page 14.
2023_21_002.pdf (1.76 MB)
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Railway Workers collection
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1911 Census of Canada, Gerrard, B.C. The 1911 census found 28 South Asian men working as railway trackmen.
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