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Group photo of Sukhwinder Bolla and four unidentified South Asian men playing kabbadi. The photo was taken outdoors and there is a crowd watching the group play.
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Newspaper clipping entitled, "Compete in City Soccer League." Clipping includes a group photo of Sohan Singh Labh and other members of the Punjab United East Indian soccer team. Labh is in the back row, third from the left in the photo. The caption on the newspaper reads "Unique in city soccer circles is Punjab United East Indian soccer team which plays exhibition games in the Lower Island Junior and Juvenile Association's junior division. Members are, left to right, front row -- Surjeet Singh Bains, Terry Singh Bains, Terr Singh Suhnder, Jeet Singh Suhnder, Jeet Singh Dheenav, Malkeet Singh Sangha and Shilhare Singh; back row -- Ragbir Singh Parmar, Jerry Singh Dhillon, Sohan Singh, Bunt Singh Manhas, Himmat Singh Gill, Piari Singh Bains and Abtar Singh.
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Group photo of Sohan Labh and a field hockey team. Labh is in the back row, first on the right. The photo was taken outside on a field, and all the members of the team are wearing their uniforms.
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Group photo of Punjab East Indian Soccer Club. Labh is in the back row, first on the left. Most of the men in the photo are South Asian, but there are a few of White European descent. The photo was taken outdoors and all men are in uniform.
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Group photo of the Youbou Rockets Volleyball Team at Champions of Vaisakhi 1956 in Youbou, B.C. There are 18 men in the photograph and they are posed in two rows in front of a volleyball net. Seven of them are wearing sweatshirts reading "Youbou Rockets". Before them is placed a covered table bearing 6 trophy cups, in front of which are placed 2 volleyballs and a trophy plaque. The team captain, Phuman S. Johel, is seated 4th from the left in the middle row.
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Group photo of 15 young men and 1 older man from a youth association for South Asian Canadians[?] in Vancouver, B.C. The group is posed in front of a wooden building. Nine of the youths, and the 1 older man, are standing. In front of them, 6 youths sit on a bench. Two youths sit on the grass. Between them, a baseball sits in a baseball glove and 2 baseball bats rest on the knees of 2 of the seated youths. Eleven of the youths pictured are wearing matching sweaters with a logo reading "E I Y A",
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Photograph of the Youbou Rockets sports team. Ten men are seen in the photograph, eight of whom are wearing Rockets jersey shirts. There are five of the men kneeling in front, while the rest stand behind them.
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Photo of Sukhwinder Bolla playing kabbadi with unidentified South Asian men. There is a crowd watching in the background.
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Group photo of men playing volleyball outdoors at a Jor Malla festival in Paldi. There is a crowd watching. There are houses visible in the background.