By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on December 7, 2024
This Part 2 blog continues the exploration of a single letter from the Chung Collection, from small-town Saskatchewan to transnational impact in Seattle, exploring how objects and spaces hold stories of resilience, migration, and history.
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By Emily Witherow on November 29, 2024
By 1918, the world had all but forgotten the Klondike, but on October 25th of that year the tragic sinking of the CPR steamer SS Princess Sophia in the Lynn Canal, causing the deaths of all 343 of her passengers, shocked the world and reminded BC residents of the shrinking mining communities across the Yukon and Alaska.
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By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on November 22, 2024
As part of a new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection, we remember Loo Gee Wing, a forgotten tycoon who helped shape Chinese Canadian history.
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By Emily Witherow on November 15, 2024
A spotlight on one of Johnny Grieve Lind’s wealthiest mining claims in the Klondike goldfields, 26 Above Bonanza.
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By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on November 2, 2024
As part of a new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection, we look at the Mah family of Crystal Bakery.
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By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on October 25, 2024
As part of a new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection, we look at a historic map of Guangdong Province.
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By Emily Witherow on October 18, 2024
As part of a new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection, we look at Dawson City’s firemen.
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By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on October 12, 2024
Welcome to our first short-form Chung Lind blog! Today we will be highlighting an incredible 1923 group photo by C. B. Wand of the Le Wan Nian Cantonese Opera Troupe featured in our Chung Lind Gallery exhibits. Cantonese opera and music have been an important cultural and social activity for Chinese Canadian communities for over […]
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