- AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-56
- Item
- [ca. 1910?]
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Archival description- AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-54
- Item
- [ca. 1902]
Yip Sang is the fifth person from the left.
- AM1688-S1-F6-: 2021-034.358
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- [ca. 1910] (Reproduced 2018)
Collector/curator’s description reads: “Circa 1910, Vancouver. Portrait of Ng Lin Kee. Came for the CPR and afterwards became the first Chinese merchant in Ashcroft operated a general store and market garden. Ng also created its first scandal. He had 9 wives: 3 of them Chinese, and the other 6 were local native [Indigenous] women. Altogether he had 40 children. It is rumoured that in one week he became a father three times. He did not live with his wives but provided for all of them and his children. He died July 17, 1923 and was buried in Kamloops Cemetery.”
[Yip Sang with children and family members in front of Wing Sang Company building at 51 East Pender]
- AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-51
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- [ca. 1900]
Item is a photograph of a photograph showing the Wing Sang Building prior to its expansion in 1901. Individuals identified are: Yip Sang (far left), his number seven son Yip Kew Hong (holding Yip Sang's hand) and his number six son Yip Kew Gin (second from the right).
- AM1108-S4-: CVA 689-52
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- [ca. 1900]
Photograph shows the Wing Sang Building prior to its expansion in 1901. Yip Sang is on the far left.