“手拿照相机，肩扛三脚架，身上背着鼓鼓的行囊，里面装着各种各样的摄影器材……无论出现在哪里，这都是摄影师李炬的经典造型。从2012年开始，他两次自费重走美国太平洋铁路，精心收集当年筑路华工的点滴记忆；同时，一路寻找140多年前中央太平洋铁路公司官方摄影师阿尔弗雷德·哈特(Alfred A·Hart)当年所摄铁路老照片的机位，进行新旧图片对比。” Read the full story 看全文 »
“Next year marks the 150th anniversary of when large numbers of Chinese started working on the transcontinental railroad in the United States. Very little is known about these workers lives and what happened to them after the construction ended. Stanford University is working on a project to piece together the »
“Next year marks the 150th anniversary of when large numbers of Chinese started working on the transcontinental railroad in the United States. Very little is known about these workers lives and what happened to them after the construction ended. Stanford University is working on a project to piece together the »
“一詞在19世紀常用於形容被騙到西方做苦力的華人，由於外國的勞動力不足，不時要輸入外勞協助擔當刻苦及辛勞的工作，當中大部分都是華人。華工為美國建造了首條橫貫東西岸的跨州大鐵路，整條鐵路充滿華工的血與汗，適逢今年是鐵路通車145周年，美國勞工部於當地時間前天舉行儀式，將「中國鐵路工人」列入勞工名人堂（Labor Hall of Honor），這是首批獲此殊榮的華裔人士，也為歷史留下紀錄，而美國總統奧巴馬日前慶祝亞太裔傳統月亦發聲明肯定中國勞工的貢獻。本報國際組報道。” Read the full story 看全文 »
“时隔145年之后，当年修建横跨美国铁路工人的后裔10日重新演绎当年接轨的纪念照场面，不同的是，华工后裔这次可以骄傲的与其他族裔一齐拍照。” Read the full story 看全文 »
“U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez is scheduled to participate in a public ceremony May 9 inducting into the DOL Hall of Fame the Chinese railroad workers whose work was crucial to the completion of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad in 1869. Deputy Secretary Christopher Lu, and descendants of the »
“It’s been 145 years since the ceremonial ‘driving of the Golden Spike’ connected the Union and Central Pacific railroads at Promontory Summit in Utah. In this year’s commemoration, the role of Chinese laborers in building the transcontinental railroad will be recognized and celebrated.” Read the full story »
The Committee of 100, an organization of prominent Chinese Americans dedicated to making cultural connections between the United States and Asia held its annual conference in San Francisco on April 25, 2014. The group honored Stanford University with its Common Ground Award for the Advancement in U.S.-China Relations, noting Stanford’s »
“On May 10, 1869 a telegraph operator in Promontory Summit, Utah sent the word ‘DONE’ to Washington D.C. The first transcontinental railway was complete. The occasion was marked by the Golden Spike Ceremony and captured with a photograph now known as ‘the champagne photo.’ ” Read the full story »
“Chinese railroad workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad across the United States in the late 19th century were inducted into the Labor Hall of Honor in Washington and lauded for contributing to ‘America’s strength and vitality.’ ” Read the full story »
