A Chinese symbol "heng cai shun sui (Chinese symbols)" written using black ink on a rectangular red color paper. Found in Building #84, Upstairs East room, East Wall. PH1 2006
A Chinese symbol with words "victoria (Chinese symbols) chi kung tang (Chinese symbols), di en pu zhao (Chinese symbols), guo tai min an (Chinese symbols)" written using gold foil on a rectangular glossy red paper. Found in Building #84, Upstairs East Room, South Wall. PH1 2006
CA Barkerville Historic Town BARK_1991.0285.0609.2
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A pair of Chinese symbols (2-1) damaged. (2-2) "de xin ying shou (Chinese symbols)". Both were written using black ink on rectangular red colored papers. There is a "chi kong tong symbol (991.285.610.) Between (2-1) and (2-2) on the same layer. Both were covered with light cardboard before. Found in Building #84, Upstairs East room North Wall. PH1 2006
A Chinese symbol, "Victoria (Chinese symbols). Attached to England (Chinese symbols), Chi Kung Tong (Chinese symbols) Di en pu zhao (Chinese symbols)", "Feng tiao yu shun (Chinese symbols), Guo tai min an (Chinese symbols)" written using gold foil fashioned paint on a rectangular glossy red paper. It was put between a pair of Chinese symbols (991.285.609.1-2) on the same layer and covered with a layer of blue cardboard. . Found in Building #84, Upstairs East room North Wall. PH1 2006
A Chinese symbol, "tie bao hao yin (Chinese symbols)" written using black ink on a rectangular orange colored paper. It was attached below the pair of pictures (cut from magazine or newspaper)(991.285.018.1-1). Found in Building #84, Upstairs East Room, South Wall. PH1 2006
A Chinese symbol, "xi zhao baoxv (Chinese symbols)" written using black ink on a rectangular red colored paper. Found in Building #84, Upstairs East Room South Wall. PH1 2006
A Chinese symbol "Zhou Nion Wang Xiang (Chinese symbols)" written using black ink on a rectangular red paper. It was on the wallpaper and covered with light blue cardboard. Found building #84 upstairs East room North wall. PH1 2006
CA Barkerville Historic Town BARK_1991.0285.0601.1
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A pair of Chinese symbols (2-2) is broken seriously. (2-1) " yi yoi li (Chinese symbols)" both were written using black ink on rectangular red colored paper. Found in Building #84, Upstairs East Room, East Wall. PH1 2006
CA Barkerville Historic Town BARK_1991.0285.0601.2
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A pair of Chinese symbols (2-2) is broken seriously. (2-1) " yi yoi li (Chinese symbols)" both were written using black ink on rectangular red colored paper. Found in Building #84, Upstairs East Room, East Wall. PH1 2006
CA Barkerville Historic Town BARK_1991.0285.0603.1
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A group of Chinese symbols (3-1) "da yoi cai ye (Chinese symbols)". (2-2) "fa cai xuan dong (Chinese symbols). (3-3) "heng cai (Chinese symbols)." All of them were written using black ink on rectangular red papers. Found in Building #84, East Room, East Wall. PH1 2006
A Chinese symbol, "wan shi sheng yi (Chinese symbols)" written using black ink on a rectangular red colored paper. . Found in Building #84, Upstairs East room North Wall. PH1 2006
A Chinese symbol "cai zhan du (Chinese symbols)" written using black ink on a rectangular red colored paper. Found in Building #84, Upstairs East Room East Wall. PH1 2006
CA Barkerville Historic Town BARK_1991.0285.0631.2
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A pair of Chinese symbols using black ink on two rectangular red papers. (2-1) "cai zhan ren toi (Chinese symbols). (2-1) "fa cai zhan (Chinese symbols)". They were on the same layer as 991.285.616 and 617. Chinese symbols and covered with a light yellow paper on which the another symbol, 991.285.615. Which was covered last with a light blue cardboard. Found in Building #84, Upstairs East Room, South Wall. PH1 2006
Used in Dai Song Tong herbalist shop operated by Wong Kee (a.k.a. Wong Wah Soon) at 10 Pine Street. Wong Kee was a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. He operated Dai Song Tong until the early 1920s. The balancing scale was used to weigh ingredients for making medicine. The artifact was donated to the Nanaimo Museum by one of Wong Kee's sons, Chuck Wong.
Apron from Dai kow General's Costume. Apron is pale green with steel blue, pink, purple, green and gold floral sequin pattern. Pattern is accented with glass tube beads, in same colours.Attached to bottom of Apron are lace tassels. Tassels are silk with blue and red pattern around gold painted plastic beads. Apron is lined with white silk and is fastened with ties at the waistband.
Three panelled apron from Dai kow General's Costume. Apron is pale green with steel blue, pink, purple, green, gold foral sequin pattern. Pattern is accented with glass tube beads, in same colour. Attached to bottom of apron are lace tassels. Tassels are silk with blue and red pattern around purple glass beads. Apron is lined with white silk and fastened with ties at the waistband.
A beige coloured worker's apron. A total of three pocket appear on the front of the artifact. At the top of these are a total of four steel fasteners, upon each of which "TROY" appears in raised lettering. A neck loop has been attached to the body of the item through the use of two similar fasteners. There is a belt which has a steel fastening device and a black painted button for fastening the belt. On the back of the artifact, "TSANG PAT LOW" appears in black hand printed lettering.; DE2 PH1 2006
Documents including head tax certificate of Tee Lee Sing Kan; bylaws of Chinese Old Man's Home in Chinese and English; Kwong on Wo balance sheets on letterhead; directors list; and other Chinese documents.
