Portrait of Lee Tin Suk, founder of Lee Association

Shows antique oil painting of Lee Tin Suk, a founder of Lee Association which is one of the oldest family associations in Victoria. The Lees claimed Lao-tse (Laozi, 老子) as their grand ancestor. There are Lees all over China, the first Lees came to Victoria in the 1850s from the Pearl River delta in Guangdong Province. By 1880 the Lee Association was well established, looking out for the welfare of its members. The Lee Association building is located on 614 Fisgard Street, Victoria, B.C.

In Collection:

• Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians

Subject

• Lee Association (Victoria, B.C.)
• Immigrants
• Fraternal organizations
• Lee, Tin Suk
• Associations, institutions, etc.
• Chinese

Identifier

• AMOS 66LeeTinSuk

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Extent

• 1 colour photograph

Alternative title

• 李天寶畫像

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria
• British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown

Coordinates

• 48.4294, -123.3679
• 48.4359, -123.35155

Physical repository

• Amos, Robert

Collection

• Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• photographs
• portraits
• color photographs

Is referenced by

• Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html

Date digitized

• 2012

Technical note

• Cataloguing metadata provided by MH. Migration metadata by MT.

Rights

• Copyright held by Robert Amos. Permission granted for use on Victoria’s Chinatown website only. For all other uses please contact the copyright holder. These images are provided with the consent of Robert Amos, and cannot be reproduced or copied without his permission.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/p9qq-b311

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