The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental is a new portable exhibit providing an historical overview of the Chinese railroad workers who were instrumental in building the United States’ first Transcontinental Railroad. Utilizing graphic panels, the exhibit features historical and contemporary photos, illustrations, stories of descendants of the workers, and bilingual Chinese/English text written by Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford University (CRRW).
Produced by the CHSA Museum and the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford University (CRRW)
This traveling exhibit is now available for loan. Please contact us to inquire about exhibiting The Chinese and the Iron Road.
Updated 7/23/2015: If you have a Chinese ancestor who participated in building the railroads in North America, we want to hear from you! Please visit our survey page here >
Exhibit Photos:
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- Chinese and the Iron Road at CHSA Museum
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- Chinese and the Iron Road at Stanford University, June 2015
Curators:
Gordon Chang, Ph.D
Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Ph.D
Sue Lee
Eve Simister
Design:
Amy Lam
Translation:
George Qiao
Ruei-bin Wu
Tzu-ching Yeh
Special thanks:
Teri Hessel
Hsinya Huang
Li Ju
Richard Koenig
Hilton Obenzinger, Ph.D
Gabriel Wolfenstein, Ph.D
Pam Wong
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