RBSC / OSC Archives

Business card for the Medford House, a lodging house in Medford, Oregon, emphasizing "No Chinese Help Employed". A list of titles and numbers are inscribed in pencil on verso.

Medford House

California Restaurant meal ticket

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-TX-102-15-2
Item
[1910?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

A $5.00 ticket for 21 meals at the California Restaurant at 3 Yakima Ave., owned by Sam Chong, issued to J. P. Switzer. Chinese characters are inscribed in ink on verso.

California Restaurant

Rice bag

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00553
Item
[ca. 19-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Bag originally held aproximately 40 pounds of rice. Labeled with blue markings.

Bamboo recorder

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00554
Item
[ca. 19-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Bamboo recorder used to make music.

Fish hook

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00563
Item
[ca. 19-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

A hook used in the preperation of food, most likley to hook fish and process it.

Butcher knife

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00564
Item
[ca. 19-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Knife used in the preperation of meats and other foods.

Tea set

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00571
Item
[ca. 19-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Brown unglazed earthenware ceramic tea set made of yixing clay, consisting of four tea cups, a tea pot, and tray. Tea set is decorated with a nature motif of flowers,squirrels, and branches. May be made of Yixing clay.

Medicinal jar

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00574
Item
[ca. 19-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Green glazed ceramic jar which would have originally held a medicinal ointment or possibly pills.

Set of four tea cups

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00578
Item
[ca. 1931]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Set of four teacups decorated with Chinese characters. Marked "China" on botton.

Pill box

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00588
Item
[ca 19-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Small box sealed in paper with Chinese characters on it. Box has pills inside.

Medicinal jar

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00590
Item
[ca 19-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Cylindrical container sealed in paper with Chinese characters on it. Jar has pills inside.

Hung Fa oil

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00601
Item
[ca 19-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

One vial of Hung Fa Oil in a box wrapped in paper instructions. Also known as "red flower" oil

Calligraphy brushes

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00603
Item
[ca 19-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Eight narrow pointed brushes and two larger brushes used to create Chinese calligraphy.

[Container of ink for seals]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00609
Item
[ca 19-?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Porcelain container decorated with flowers which contains red ink of a tacky consistancy used with Chinese character stamps. Bottom of vessel is stamped, and a label is adhered to the inside of the container.

Bill of sale (absolute)

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-OS-00007
Item
1934-07-09

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Indenture recording the sale of a 1928 wagon truck between peddlers Lum Ting and Chong [Shack]. Quene Yip acted as a witness.

Lum Ting

Petition for a certificate of Canadian citizenship by a natural-born Canadian citizen

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-OS-00008
Item
[not before 1900]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Blank form for petition for a certificate of Canadian citizenship by a natural-born Canadian citizen.

Canada

No trespassing sign for the 'Japanese Section'

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-OS-00015
Item
[between 1941 and 1947?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Government of Canada. Department of the Secretary of State of Canada.

[Portrait of two Chinese men]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00048
Item
[1890?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

J. Alf Dagenais Elite Studio

[Congregation in front of the Christ Church of China, Vancouver, B.C.]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00049
Item
1955-06-26

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Leong Ding Bong

[Bamboo Terrace, Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C.]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00050
Item
[not before 1930]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Marcel Photographic Reproductions

Chinese Students' Football Club, 1924-1925, Brunswick Cup finalist

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00061
Item
[1924 or 1925]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Photo collage of twenty-three players.

Wand, Cecil B.

Vancouver's Chinatown at night

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00071
Item
[not before 1950]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Natural color productions

Vancouver's Chinatown at night

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00072
Item
[not before 1950]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Natural color productions

Chinatown at night, Vancouver, B.C.

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00073
Item
[not before 1950]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Natural color productions

[Portrait of Charlie Sing]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00089
Item
[1900?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Printed on card: "Metcalf / Successor to Whipple / 503 Washington Street, Cor. West, Boston." Inscribed on verso: "Charlie Sing / This was a friend of Grandma Ramsey & her older sons".

Metcalf

[Chinese woman and baby]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00106
Item
[1870-1880?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Printed on card; "J. Pitcher Spooner, / Portraits and Landscapes. / 171-73-75 Main Street, Stockton." Inscribed at top of card: "Chinese mants [sic] wife & babe".

Spooner, J. Pitcher

Wood train and Chinamen in Bloomer Cut

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00107
Item
[1860-1870]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Thomas Houseworth & Co.

Heading of east portal Tunnel No. 8

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00118
Item
[between 1890 and 1899?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Printed on verso: "Photographed and Published for the Central Pacific Railroad Company by Alfred A. Hart, Artist, Sacramento." Stereograph #204 in series.

Hart, Alfred A.

The soothsayer, Chinatown, San Francisco, Calif.

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00146
Item
[1950?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Sent from Miss Dee Chapman to Ethel Alley of Shant Creek, W. Va. Additional annotations appear on verso.

Piltz, Stanley A.

[Portrait of a seated Chinese man holding a fan and a book]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00164
Item
[1880?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Printed on verso of card: "J.A. Sherriff, / Photographer, / Corner Fifth and E Streets, / San Diego, Cal. / Negatives Preserved."

Sherriff, J.A.

[Portrait of a smiling young Chinese woman]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00195
Item
[between 1920 and 1929?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Granada Studio

Old Chinatown Dupont St. at Main St. 5a.m., Vancouver, B.C.

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00221
Item
1904

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Depicts wooden store fronts, horses hitched to carriages parked on the side of the street and men walking in street. Dupont Street is now Pender Street.

Timms, Philip Thomas

[Portrait of five young men, Macao, China]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00239
Item
[not before 1930]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Inscribed with given names: from left to right, Guang Xiang; Guang Han; Guang Yao; Guang [?]; Guang Xi.

Loo Shaw Studio

[View of the one hundred block East Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C.]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00240
Item
[not before 1920]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Depicts the White Lunch cafe, the Province newspaper office, and other buildings nearby.

[unknown]

A farewell dinner in honour of Inspector and Mrs. K.S.S. Wilson, on their departure to Winnipeg M.B.

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00241
Item
1949-04-27

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Inscribed: "Held at the New W. K. Garden on April 27th 1949, tea held by Henry and Maisie Y.C. Leong."

Alma Photographic Studio

[Three Chinese men in forest]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00249
Item
1912

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Wai, W.H.

[Group of Chinese men in posed forest setting]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00250
Item
1912-08

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Wai, W.H.

[Eating oysters in a Chinatown restaurant]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00252
Item
[not before 1950]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Depicts woman feeding oyster to man.

Carleton Photo

Chinese vegetable gardens

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00266
Item
[between 1880 and 1889?]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Bates, Philip S.

[Portrait of a young seated Chinese woman]

RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-PH-00276
Item
[1880-1890]

Part of Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

Depicts a seated young Chinese woman holding a fan; a bowl and an opium pipe sit on the table next to her. Printed on card: "C.A. Nelson / Paris Panel / Bakersfield, Cal."

Nelson, C. A.

[Portrait of a seated Chinese woman]