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Story of Victor Wong
Victor Wong is a WWII veteran from Victoria, BC. He was one of thousands of Chinese immigrants enlisted by the Canadian forces during the war and assigned to the British forces. The British territories in Asia had been occupied by Japan, and English speakers of Chinese origin were sent there to engage in guerrilla warfare […]
Baseball at internment camps
The Japanese Canadian Photograph Collection (JCPC) chronicles the experiences of Japanese Canadians / Nikkei in British Columbia including their internment during World War II. These photographs from the JCPC are a testament to the popularity of baseball at internment camps. (Left: at Lucerne, B.C. in the Yellow Pass, Bottom: at an unidentified camp) Baseball was […]
御開港横濵之全圖 Gokaikō Yokohama no zenzu (Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era)
In 1858, Japan signed the Ansei Five-Power Treaties with the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Netherlands, and France. The following year in 1859, the port of Yokohama opened to foreign trade as specified in these treaties. 御開港横濵之全圖 Gokaikō Yokohama no zenzu marks the opening of the port and depicts ships from the five nations […]
Chinese Canadian Stories
History is full of amazing stories—of triumph and of loss, of laughter and of tragedy, of hope and of bitterness. But so many stories have been forgotten or ignored. The stories of Chinese Canadians have either been left out of our history, or the stories we hear are often about the terrible things that were […]
British Columbia Historical Newspapers
Search and view B.C. community newspapers published from 1865 to 1924. The British Columbia Historical Newspapers Collection makes 24 of B.C.’s earliest newspapers freely available in digital format for the first time! http://historicalnewspapers.library.ubc.ca
New Westminster in Flames
See the stunning art collection held in the UBC Library Framed Work Collections. See this image in the collection here.
The Long Ride Home?
Learn about the injustices endured by Japanese Canadians during WWII through the Japanese-Canadian Photograph Collection.
Traité Général des Pesches, et histoire des Poissons
Research 18th century scientific studies of fishing and economy through Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau‘s depictions. See this book here.
Ubyssey Goes Skydiving
Examine the exciting activities of past UBC students through the Alma Mater Society Image Collection. See this image here.
The Battle of Broodseinde Ridge
Explore World War I through the official photos sent to British diplomats overseas and donated to UBC by the British Consulate in Seattle. See this specific photo here.