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Titre: Mr. and Mrs. Wong's 70th birthday reception
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Donateur : Lumb, Jean
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Lumb, Jean

Jean Lumb was a community activist, business owner, and the first Chinese Canadian recipient of the Order of Canada. She was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and moved to Toronto, Ontario as a young women. She ran a number of successful businesses, including the Kwong Chow chop suey house in Toronto's Chinatown. She was also part of a delegation that lobbied the Federal government to change its immigration laws, that kept Chinese Canadian families separated.

Mr. and Mrs. Wong's 70th birthday reception with Dr. Henry Lore, Mr. Chong Ying ( left), and the Chinese Consul General .