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On the Road to Gold Mountain: Chinese Workers and the Transcontinental Railroad

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Floor of a Westinghouse factory in Pittsburgh, PA (1904)

Floor of a Westinghouse factory in Pittsburgh, PA (1904)

The Team

The Team

Three of the four members of the Naval Advisory Team at Coastal Group 35…

RVN Navy Junks

RVN Navy Junks

Three Navy Junks at the pier at Coastal Group 35…

745th MP Company (guard)

745th MP Company (guard)

This advertisement laid out the terms under which boys from the Children's Aid Society could be employed

This advertisement laid out the terms under which boys from the Children's Aid Society could be employed

Harper's New Monthly Magazine illustration

Harper's New Monthly Magazine illustration

The United States' sprawling railroads provided the base for the orphan train system

The United States' sprawling railroads provided the base for the orphan train system

Placement agent with children

Placement agent with children

Orphan train riders

Orphan train riders

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Chinese laborer in potato field. Walla Walla, Washington

Chinese laborer in potato field. Walla Walla, Washington

(1936) Library of Congress, LC-USF34-004874-D…

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