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Guadeloupean women at Ellis Island
Guadeloupean immigrant woman headed to Montreal as a domestic worker, 1911
Ladyboats
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Canadian Prairies With A Barn
A picture taken of a farm in the Canadian Prairies as part of a Photo Gallery of the Canadian Prairies. This is the cover image for my homepage. I wanted a picture of the prairies because that is the topic of my exhibit. It is also welcoming and…
Rufus Rockhead Recruitment Draft
Rufus Rockhead, founder of popular nightclub Rockhead’s Paradise joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1918. Serving with the Canadian Forestry Corps in France, Rockhead cut down trees and would process them for the construction of barracks,…
Revolutionary Friendship Is As Deep As The Ocean
This is a 1975 propaganda poster from the People’s Republic of China and made by the artist Guo Hongwu, it is meant to emphasize the mutualistic and supportive relationship of China for African countries, here specifically Congo, with it presenting…
Afro-American Solidarity
This is a poster created by Emory Douglas and posted in the New York Times entitled “Afro-American Solidarity” in 1969, which depicts the image of a Black Panther (a woman part of the Black Panther social and political organization in the United…
Who We Are
This is a photograph taken of Chinese Canadians during the 1979-80 protests against the CTV W5 broadcast entitled “Campus Giveaway”. Currently presented by the Chinese Canadian National Council (CCNC), this photograph represents a significant chapter…
Students Await Arrest After Police Broke Up A February 1969 Sit-in At Sir George Williams University (name used in source article)
This is a photograph taken of the aftermath of protests in 1969, where students occupied the computer room of the Sir George Williams University (now Concordia) until violently dispersed by police. This moment comes during a time of increased unified…