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Chung Lind Gallery

Part 2: A Tale of Seattle’s Chinatown 

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.

Posted in BC Coast Steamships, Chinatowns, Chinese American History, Chinese Canadian History, Chung, Chung Lind Gallery, Collections, Correspondence, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Guangdong, Highlights, History, Hotels, Immigration, Immigration and Settlement, letters, Mar Dong, Photos, Research and learning, Restaurants, Saskatchewan, Seattle, vancouver, Victoria | Read More | No Comments

The Northland’s Greatest Disaster – The Sinking of the SS Princess Sophia

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.

Posted in BC Coast Steamships, canadian pacific railway, Carousel, Chung Lind Gallery, Collections, Dawson City, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Lind, Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection, Seattle, SS Princess Sophia, vancouver, Victoria | Read More | No Comments

Loo Gee Wing: The Forgotten Tycoon Who Helped Shape Chinese Canadian History

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on November 22, 2024

Loo Gee Wing (1861–1923) was one of the most influential Chinese Canadian figures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, yet his name is scarcely recognized today. Despite his savvy business successes, Loo’s later years were marked by community disputes, financial woes, and legal battles. His once-vast estate dwindled, and his story faded from public memory. Yet, his buildings, like the Sun Ah Hotel and Chinese Theatre, remain landmarks of Vancouver Chinatown, and his legacy as a pioneer and community builder endures.

Posted in Businesses, Chinese Canadian History, Chung, chung collection, Chung Lind Gallery, Collections, Early Vancouver, Early Victoria, EarlyBC, Exhibitions, Family History, Frontpage Exhibition, History, Immigration and Settlement, Kwong Lee Co., Leon Loo, Loo Gee Wing, Photos, Research and learning | Read More | No Comments

26 Above Bonanza

By Emily Witherow on November 15, 2024

This blog post is part of RBSC’s new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection. When Phil Lind’s grandfather, John (Johnny) Grieve Lind, arrived in what was then part of the Northwest Territories in June 1894, he first traveled to a mining […]

Posted in Carousel, Chung Lind Gallery, Collections, Exhibitions, History, Klondike Gold Rush, Lind, mining, Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection, Research and learning | Read More | No Comments

Part 1: The Mah family of Crystal Bakery-Letters and Legacies

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on November 2, 2024

This blog post is part of RBSC’s new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection. This Part One of two long-form blogs.   Thank you to Kelly Attrell and Kathleen East from the Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre for helping share […]

Posted in Bakery, Chung, chung collection, Chung Lind Gallery, Collections, Exhibitions, Family History, Frontpage Exhibition, Guangdong, History, Immigration and Settlement, letters, Saskatchewan, show and tell | Read More | No Comments

Map of Guangdong Province, 1924

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on October 25, 2024

This blog post is part of RBSC’s new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection.  Welcome to our second short-form blog highlighting items from the Dr. Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection. This week we will be introducing one of […]

Posted in Chung, chung collection, Chung Lind Gallery, Collections, digitization, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Guangdong, Immigration and Settlement, Maps, Research and learning | Read More | No Comments

Dawson City Firemen

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.

Posted in Chung Lind Gallery, Collections, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, History, Klondike Gold Rush, Lind, Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection, Research and learning, show and tell, Yukon | Read More | No Comments

Commemorating Orange Shirt Day/National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, September 30th 2024

By ewith017 on October 3, 2024

Each year on September 30, people across Canada wear orange to recognize, commemorate, and raise awareness about the history and ongoing legacies of the Indian Residential School system (IRSS). Here at the Chung | Lind Gallery, we are commemorating the day with this blog post by Gallery Attendant and Exhibitions Assistant, Emily Witherow, which introduces […]

Posted in Chung Lind Gallery, Collections, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Lind, Research and learning | Read More | No Comments