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    The Washboard Legacy

    Sep 04, 2020 5 minutes
    Each year, the British Columbia Historical Federation offers two W. Kaye Lamb Scholarships for student essays relating to the history of British Columbia. Emma Quan, a Douglas College student, won a $750 scholarship in the junior division for her essay, written for History 2215: Canadian Lives instructed by Dr. Carling Beninger. Quan has worked with the editor of British Columbia History to develop the essay from a purely academic form to a magazine-ready form. For more information about the W. Kaye Lamb Scholarships visit www.bchistory.ca/awards/scholarships/ 2019 W. Kaye Lamb Scholarship Winner
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    By Emma Quan

     2019 W. Kaye Lamb Scholarship Winner

     City of Vancouver Archives, AM54-S4-: SGN 435.1

    Laundry services grew to become a Chinese-dominant industry in British Columbia throughout the late 1800s to the 1960s as racism and discriminatory policies pushed Chinese immigrants into challenging niche industries. However, hand laundries also allowed Chinese immigrants to create a

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