Chinese Canadian Artifacts Project

CA CUMB CUMB_988.059.001
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Chinese Record “Over the line: GWO Jl-l Below: “We usually have new recorders speakers etc… we like customers to come to our store and shop at -----“

Calligraphy Scroll with Poem

CA CUMB CUMB_980.526
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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

CA CUMB CUMB_982.092.004
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Some writing on the back of this scroll.

Calligraphy Scroll for a New Business by Artist Lu Wei Qing

CA CUMB CUMB_982.092.005
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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

Calligraphy Scroll for a New Business, Commissioned by Man Li

CA CUMB CUMB_982.092.006
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The scroll was commissioned by Man Li.

Man Li

Vial Bottle from Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

CA CUMB CUMB_2004.002.006
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This bottle was found in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

Blue Tinted Glass Bottle

CA CUMB CUMB_2004.002.005
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This item was found in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

Personal Seal/ Chop of Jumbo (Hor Sue Mah)

CA CUMB CUMB_984.100.001
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This was Jumbo’s (Hor Sue Mah) personal seal; there is a carved lion on the top and the mahogany base was made by Bill Johnstone. Jumbo gave this seal to Bill Johnstone just before he left Chinatown in Cumberland B.C. Jumbo was the last Chinese re...

Jumbo

Brass Spoon with Tassels

CA CUMB CUMB_2001.081.001
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This spoon is from Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

Blue and White Teapot from Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

CA CUMB CUMB_985.007.002
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This teapot is originally from the Dart Coon Club in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

Dart Coon Club

Embroidered Table Runner from Jumbo's Cabin

CA CUMB CUMB_2005.038.001
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This item is from Jumbo’s Cabin in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C. Jumbo (Hor Sue Mah) was one of the last residents of Cumberland’s Chinatown; his cabin is the last remaining structure.

Jumbo

Magazine Clipping on Chinatown, Duncan, B.C.

CA CUMB CUMB_982.020.096
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This article is about Chinatown in Duncan B.C.

Sketch of a Chinatown Building in Cumberland B.C. By: B. Radford

CA CUMB CUMB_985.040.003
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This building once stood in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C. The remains of Cumberland's Chinatown were torn down in 1968.

B. Rabford

Watercolor Painting of the Chinese Masonic Hall, Cumberland B.C. by Ivy Chapman

CA CUMB CUMB_994.048.001
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The building in this painting is the Chinese Masonic Hall, that once stood in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

Ivy Chapman

Drawing of the Chinese Masonic Hall in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

CA CUMB CUMB_999.002.001
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This drawing is of the Chinese Masonic Hall that once stood in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

Ive M. Chapman

Calligraphy Scroll of Two Men Playing a Game

CA CUMB CUMB_980.1028
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Image of two men playing a game under a tree – one man is kneeling in the background.

Calligraphy Scroll with Image of Peony Flowers

CA CUMB CUMB_980.524
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House with Porch and Ladder in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

CA CUMB CUMB_2001.077.008
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Photo shows a house with a porch and ladder located in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

Doorway in Chinatown, Cumberland B.C.

CA CUMB CUMB_998.019.014
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Mrs. Finch with a Group at the Engagement Party of Bessy and Matthew Ko

CA CUMB CUMB_998.032.002
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The people identified in this photo are: (L to R) Mrs. Mah, Mrs. Chow, Mrs. Fields, Mrs. Finch, Mrs. Wong, Fanny Wong, Mrs. Tso, Mrs. Lowe, and Mrs. Mah (Kim Mah’s Mother).