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Chinamen

Seven pages of a manuscript rebutting some common arguments for Chinese exclusion and expressing admiration for the Chinese, attributed to Sam Shorey of Seattle.

Shorey, Sam

D.T. Willis collection

  • RBSC-ARC-1844
  • Collection
  • [189-?]-2023, predominant 1948-1962

The collection pertains to D.T. Willis’ career and involvement in construction projects throughout British Columbia predominately between 1948 and 1962. The collection includes numerous groups of photographs documenting the opening of the Hope-Princeton Highway, BC Department of Public Works construction projects and personnel, Engineering Conferences, BC Public Works Events and a 1948 image of the original 1880's wagon trail between Hope and Cache Creek, BC. Numerous photographs have annotations on the back, identifying subjects, dates, and contextual information. Textual materials also appear in the Collection, including a commemorative pamphlet for the Hope-Princeton Highway opening, car mileage recordings for several roadways, photograph indexes and identification sheets.

Willis, Douglas Theodore

Photographs World Tour

This album consists of the photographs of landscapes, buildings, people, and ships taken on a world tour in the 1890's. Included are photographs of the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of India coaling in Japan as well as pictures of its deck and passengers. There are also a few photographs of the British Columbia Packing Company's Phoenix Cannery on the Fraser River and of Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC.

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