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The poem translates to: "always be kind and hospitable. It lays a good foundation for your heirs in the future."
Calligraphy Scroll for a New Business by Artist Lu Wei Qing
This scroll would be hung on the right side of a doorway; it was created as a celebration for the opening of a new business and was meant to bring good luck.
Lu Wei Qing
Income Calculation Book and Letter from Buddhist Temple and Gambling Hall in Cumberland B.C.
The book calculating income and expenses for each month (January –December 1929)(A) is likely from the Buddhist Temple that was in Chinatown in Cumberland B.C. The letter (inside of book) and book (B-H) was found in an old Chinatown Building, als...
The calligraphy on this parchment is commemorating the grand opening of the Dart Coon Club, that was located in Cumberland B.C. The Dart Coon Club was a 3 story building that would take in unemployed and loneless laborers who would pay a debt once...
Dart Coon Club
Chinese Ceremonial Paper Money
This ceremonial money was used in funeral processions and graveside ceremonies.
Translated it reads: "whatever you do please give others a chance then the world will be a happy place."
Calligraphy Scroll for a New Business by Artist Lu Wei Qing
This scroll would hang on the right side of a doorway; it was created as a celebration for the opening of a new business and was meant to bring good luck.
Lu Wei Oing
Calligraphy Scroll Commemorating Romance Between Two Lovers by Artist Dai Hong Tzu
This set commemorates the romance between 2 lovers; it was likely given as a wedding gift.
Dai Hong Tzu
Chinese Calligraphy Scroll Depicting Scene from “Shui Hu Zhuan”
The scene is translated water margin. “Shui Hu Zhuan” is considered to be one of the 4 great novels of Chinese literature; the men depicted are members of the 108 stars of destiny, the main characters of the novel.
Original Conveyance Deed from the E&N Railway and Map of Chinese Cemetery (Cumberland B.C)
A: The original conveyance (deed) from the E &N Railway; September, 21, 1897 and notary signed on October, 4, 1897B: A map of the Chinese cemetery made with ink on fabric that reads: “Comox District Lot 1 of Section 25, 2 Acres More or Less”; ...
E&N Railway
Lighting Bill from Cumberland Electric Lighting Co. Ltd, Cumberland B.C. 1922
This lighting bill is from Cumberland Electric Lighting Co. Ltd on China Street, Cumberland B.C. for $3446; account Number 500; Date: November, 20, 1922 –December, 22, 1922.
Cumberland Electric Lighting Co. Ltd
Script from the Dart Coon Club in Vancouver B.C. to the Dart Coon Club in Cumberland, B.C.
This script is from the Dart Coon Club in Vancouver B.C. to the Dart Coon Club in Cumberland B.C. The characters on this item mean: river and hill, country, join power to save country. It is clear that the writer of this script was very scholarly.
Dart Coon Club, Cumberland B.C.
Chinese Book Used in the School in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.
This book was once used in a school in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.
Pictured of Chinese Heroes of Pre- Communist Revolution from a School at Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.
This picture hung in the school of Chinatown, Cumberland B.C. The figure on the top, left is Confucius.
Chinese Book of Shares from Chee Kung Tong Chinese Free Masons in Cumberland B.C.
A book of building shares that is stamped “Chee Kung Tong Chinese Free Mason Po Box 279 Cumberland B.C.” it also states that the profits were sent to the KMT Party. This book was found in an old Chinatown building that once stood in Cumberland, B.C.
Chee Kung Tong Chinese Free Mason
Wall Hanging Scroll by Liang Zhe Hua
From a building in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C. For George Lowe.
Liang Zhe Hua
Calligraphy Scroll by Artist Dai Hong Tzu
The set commemorates the romance between 2 lovers, it was Likely given as a wedding gift.
Dai Hong Tzu
Calligraphy Scroll for a New Business, Commissioned by Man Li
This scroll was commissioned by Man Li.
Man Li
Calligraphy Scroll Commemorating Romance Between Two Lovers by Artist Dai Hong Tzu
This set commemorates the romance between 2 lovers; it was likely given as a wedding gift
Dai Hong Tzu
Drawing by Dave Deans, of Chinese Gentleman Walking with Two Canes in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.
This drawing is titled "Cumberland Legacy" ; it is of one of the last few residents of Chinatown in Cumberland B.C.
Dave Deans
Chinese bible from Presbyterian Church in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C. by Mr. Low C. Yin
This bible was used in the Presbyterian Church in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C. in 1906 by Mr. Low C. Yin.; 1906 or 1895
Mr. Low C. Yin
Chinese Book Used in the School in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.
This book was once used in a school in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.
Framed Congratulatory Citation from the Chinese Masonic Lodge in Cumberland B.C.
The citation is from the Chinese Masonic Lodge in Cumberland B.C. It was from the Port Alberni club members congratulating Cumberland’s club members on a club project completed in Cumberland B.C’s Chinatown.
Chinese Masonic Lodge