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Photograph of people organized in rows in front of a building on Grafton Street, which is decorated in Chinese symbols and a banner that says "China-VJ-Day." The photo was in the exhibit "Growing Up Chinese in Halifax" at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History in 1997. Note the number of Chinese bachelors. There are a number of women who are actually Acadian women; many of these women became wives of the bachelors. When the Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed in 1949, the Chinese wives arrived from China and the Acadian women were asked to leave. For some of the people who were half Chinese and half Acadian and brought up by their Acadian mothers, this was the only photo ever taken of their fathers. In the photo: David Lee (fourth from left), Mei Mee (fifth from left), Quin Fong Lee (in suit between woman in white dress and man holding little girl), and Dow Fong (child in window at upper right). Dow Fong is the former partner of the Garden View Restaurant.; 照片在 Grafton 街道「譚光裕堂，天然公司」大樓前拍攝。橫額上的標語是「夏城全體華僑慶祝抗戰勝利大會」。這照片曾經在新斯科舍歷史博物館 1997 年的「在哈里法克斯成長」展覽中陳列過。注意照片中的男士大部分為華橋單身漢, 而擁有西方臉孔的阿卡迪亞女士爲數亦不少。許多華僑曾經與阿卡迪亞女性通婚。1949年當排華法被廢除後, 大批中國妻子隨即進入加國, 引致阿卡迪亞妻子被趕離家園。對於那些由母親撫養的華裔阿卡迪亞混血兒而言, 這張照片是他們唯一和父親拍下的合照。照片中包括: David Lee (左起第四), Mei Mee Lee (左起第五), Quon Fong Lee (站在白色裙子女士和抱着一小女孩的男人中間) 和 Dow Fong (坐在窗前右邊的男孩)。Dow Fong 是 Garden View 餐館的始創人。

Halifax (N.S.)

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Early Chinese History in the Maritimes

2012-01-20

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