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Photographer: Philip Timms
Taken: Circa September 1907
Caption: Chinese businesses damaged by race riots at north west corner of Carrall Street (at Pender)
Additional Description: This image, provided courtesy of the Vancouver Public Library, shows the Chinese Freemasons Building shortly after being damaged in the anti-Chinese riot in 1907. On September 7th, 1907, what started as a parade by the Asiatic Exclusion League turned into a riot, with an angry mob wreaking havoc and terrorizing the inhabitants of Vancouver's Chinatown.
Submitted: March 22, 2012, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p197427
File Size: 0.156 Megabytes

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