Another from the Pacific Tribune Photography Collection. A protest outside of Woodward’s – the department store as a jilted transition point towards a consumer society. Canadian Pacific, which had sealed Canada’s fate as the colonies connected westward, a railway built on the backs of Chinese labourers, found its emblem in the Woodward’s promise of cheap consumer goods.
Pacific Tribune Photography Collection Identifier:
MSC160-24_02
MSC160-24_11
MSC160-24_17