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ARCHIVED - Framing Canada:
A Photographic Memory

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Essays

The Canadian Mosaic

Gallery - Understanding Difference

Photographs informed Canadians about the characteristics of racial difference. By collecting photographs of ethnic "others," people attempted to organize, and therefore manage, the concept of an ethnically diverse population. These photographs were taken by mainstream institutions or private, Anglo-Canadian individuals grappling with the contributions that new populations were making to Canada.

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Photograph of five Japanese girls standing in front of a fence and a tree, Letellier, Manitoba, date unknown

Yoshio Hikida, Tomiko Fujii, Massako Hikida and Hanae Fujii, with Michiko Hikida in front
Letellier, Manitoba, unknown date
Photographer: unknown
C-047073
Source

Circular photograph of a Chinese man standing in a doorway, British Columbia, circa 1885

Portrait of a Chinese man
British Columbia, ca. 1885
Photographer: unknown
C-064764
Source

Photograph of houses in the Chinese quarter, Victoria, British Columbia, 1886

Houses in the Chinese quarter
Victoria, British Columbia, 1886
Photographer: Edouard Gaston Deville
C-023415
Source

Photograph of a group of Doukhobor women pulling a plough in a field, Thunder Hill Colony, Manitoba, 1899

Group of Doukhobor women pulling a plough
Thunder Hill Colony, Manitoba, 1899
Photographer: unknown
C-000681
Source

Photograph of a group of immigrants standing on the platform of the Canadian Pacific Railway station, Frank, Alberta, circa 1903

Group of immigrants at a Canadian Pacific Railway station
Frank, Alberta, ca. 1903
Photographer: unknown
PA-125114
Source

Photograph of a group of men encircling a the cremation site of a Hindu labourer, near Victoria, British Columbia, 1907

Cremation ceremony of a Hindu labourer
Near Victoria, British Columbia, June 15, 1907
Photographer: The Canadian Courier
C-035360
Source

Photograph of Russian, Lithuanian and Italian immigrants standing in front of a wooden wall, 1908

Portrait of Russian (left), Lithuanian (centre) and Italian (right) immigrants
Unknown location, 1908
Photographer: John Woodruff
C-009799
Source

Photograph of Okinawan and Japanese immigrant families, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1924

Okinawan and Japanese immigrant families
Vancouver, British Columbia, 1924
Photographer: Arikado
PA-117746
Source

Photograph of a group of Chinese-Canadian children watching a National Film Board film in a large room, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1945

Group of Chinese-Canadian children watching a National Film Board film
Vancouver, British Columbia, December 1945
Photographer: Jack Long
PA-169674
Source