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Summary list of tickets sold Yip Sang Company

Description

Summaries listing total numbers of first, second, and third class, steerage and indigent tickets sold by Yip Sang Company for travel on Canadian Pacific Steamships Empress of France, Empress of Asia, and Empress of Russia sailing to Shanghai and Hong Kong from Vancouver, with manuscript annotations and sheets of calculations in Chinese. Includes some ticket commission receipts and steerage berthing cards.

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Title
Summary list of tickets sold
Creator
Yip Sang Company
Date Created
1928-1929
Description
Summaries listing total numbers of first, second, and third class, steerage and indigent tickets sold by Yip Sang Company for travel on Canadian Pacific Steamships Empress of France, Empress of Asia, and Empress of Russia sailing to Shanghai and Hong Kong from Vancouver, with manuscript annotations and sheets of calculations in Chinese. Includes some ticket commission receipts and steerage berthing cards.
Subject
Asian experience in North America; Chinese--Canada; Transportation; Railroad travel; Ocean travel
Person Or Corporation
The Yip family and Yip Sang Company
Genre
Record-keeping works
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English ; Chinese
Identifier
CC_TX_105_007
Collection
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-TX-105-7
Date Available
2016-02-26
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
DOI
10.14288/1.0225782
Category
The Yip family and Yip Sang Company
RBSCLocation
Box 105
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/