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It shows the members of the choir. Union United was one of the most important churches in Canada, it served as a centre for community life, and cultural identity for many Black Canadians. Through the music they cultivated a sense of belonging and…

The plan clearly shows the shacks Black workers lived in, and it states, "Shacks (mostly coloured tenants)." The shacks held Black, Polish, Hungarian, Italian and Newfoundlanders. The shacks were in disgusting conditions without heat or water, and…

A coloured 19th-century plan of the city of Hamilton, Ontario, divided into numbered wards (I–VII). The map shows detailed street layouts, wharves, railroads, and shoreline features bordering Burlington Bay. Districts are shaded in different colours…

A porter’s hat badge, made by the Pullman Company during the early twentieth century. The Pullman Company was the origin for the hiring of Black men as sleeping car porters; they began this tradition, and the CPR and CNR simply borrowed their…

This portrait offers an intimate view of Christiana Carteaux Bannister, painted by her husband only a few years after their marriage in 1857. Bannister captures her in softer, warm colours, presenting her as composed and confident within an elegant…

Portrait of Constable Hartley Gosline, one of the first black RCMP officers graduating from Regina Depot.