Series 1: Sunga Family Photographs ➔ [Group photo of men, women and children in Hillcrest]

Item
Identifier:
2022_02_01_002
Date
July 1 1929;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph: b&w
Format
still image
Description
Group photo of Sikh men, women and children taken in Hillcrest on 1st July, 1929 as they gathered to celebrate Canada Day. They are wearing formal attire. Many of these people, including Atma Singh Rai, worked in various lumber mills on the island.
Subject Headings - SACDA
Sikh men;South Asian Canadian sawmill workers;South Asian Canadian children;Sikh women
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Group portraits [http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm004759];People associated with manual labor [http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm007613]