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Block, Printing

Printing plate 3 7/8" x 3 1/2" attached to wooden block Chinese writing Lottery Ticket Divided into upper and lower sections both sections having 4 horizontal and 10 vertical rows of Chinese characters for a grand total of 80 characters indentation…

Block, Printing

Stamp (Yin) soap stone in dark brown muted green and yellowish beige square columnar shape; carved designs of water and speckles on three sides and two Chinese "Fu" Lion dogs one on a branch and one looking up from the ground. Inscription consists of…

Block, Printing

Stamp (Yin) soap stone in multi-shades of gray taupe and dark brown square columnar shape; carved designs of water and speckles throughout the surface on three sides top side has 2 roaring Chinese "Fu" lion dogs on the branches. The inscription reads…

Block, Printing

Stamp (Yin) soapstone in multi-shades of tan gray and dark brown square columnar shape. Carved designs of water symbol and various sized speckles on one side two Chinese "Fu" Lion dogs one on a rock and the other looking up on a tree branch two…

Block, Printing

Chinese lottery ticket printing plate. Copper plate on wood mount.

Blood and sweat over the railway tracks : the Chinese labourers in the Canadian Pacific Railway construction (1880-1885)

A recollection of the CPR Construction which employed thousands of Chinese labourers to build the transcontinental railway linking this country from coast to coast.