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Mission accomplished: Jim Pon, chairman of the Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada, worked long and hard to achieve monument near west entrance to SkyDome
Mission accomplished: Jim Pon, chairman of the Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada, worked long and hard to achieve monument near west entrance to SkyDome

Mission accomplished: Jim Pon, chairman of the Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada, worked long and hard to achieve monument near west entrance to SkyDome

Date9/30/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132248F
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