(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection ➔ Sikh men and boy onboard the Komagata Maru

Item
Identifier:
2021_05_040
Repository
Vancouver Public Library
Repository Web Site
https://www.vpl.ca/
Repository Identifier
6231
Date
May 23 1914;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Format
still image
Description
Image of Gurdit Singh (front) and his son Balwant, and other unidentified men aboard the Komagata Maru. To their left are Daljit Singh Kauni, Puran Singh Janetpur, and Baba Garmukh Singh Lalton.
Location
British Columbia;New Westminster Land District;Metro Vancouver Regional District;Vancouver
Rights Statement
Public domain
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men;Komagata Maru tragedy
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Racism in public administration [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020000513];Ocean travel--History [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010104208];Group portraits [http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm004759]
Related people
Singh, Gurdit, 1858-1954 (subject)
Singh, Balwant (depicts)
Kauni, Daljit Singh (depicts)
Janetpur, Puran Singh (depicts)
Lalton, Baba Garmukh Singh (depicts)