Jean Lumb Photo Essay

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historic family portrait with Jean Lumb as a little girl
Young Chinese man standing in a flooded area with debris
Portrait of Jean Lumb's father
Portrait of Jean Lumb's mother
head tax document with green border, text, stamps, signatures and small photo
Jean Lumb as a little girl with her sisters
documentation of Chinese Exclusion Act with photo of five year old Wong Toy Jin
Jean's brother posing with small airplane
Jean leaning against display in her fruit and vagetable shop
Jean Lumb and husband in wedding gown and tuxedo
Jean smiling in front of her restaurant
Jean in black judge robes standing with mountie police in front of Candian flag
two men and two women in formal attire holding small boxes to fundraise
Chinese men hanging out on street corner
Jean lumb sitting at conference table signing documents with prime minister Diefenbaker
Jean Lumb speaking with microphone at conference table with four men
Jean Lumb sitting in back of converitble down busy pedestrian street in chinatown holding a megaphone.
Lumb family portrait with children and grandchildren
Jean Lumb and others greeting Queen Elizabeth with a curtsy
Jean Lumb standing in aisle at award ceremony

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MEDIA

  • See interview of Jean talking about her childhood experience in school.
  • See interview of Jean Lumb speaking about the repeal of the Exclusion Act.
  • See interview of Jean Lumb speaking about what the Order of Canada meant to her.