User:Asiir
My Photos[edit]
Gallery of all my pictures[edit]
Featured Pictures[edit]
Wikipedia Pictures[edit]
The Rock Springs massacre occurred in 1885 in the present-day United States city of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The riot, and resulting massacre of immigrant Chinese miners by white immigrant miners, was the result of racial prejudice toward the Chinese miners, who were perceived to be taking jobs from the white miners. The Union Pacific Coal Department found it economically beneficial to give preference in hiring to Chinese miners, who were willing to work for lower wages than their white counterparts, angering the white miners. When the rioting ended, at least 28 Chinese miners were dead and 15 were injured. Rioters burned 78 Chinese homes, resulting in approximately $150,000 in property damage (equal to $5.09 million in 2020 terms). The massacre in Rock Springs touched off a wave of anti-Chinese violence, especially in the Puget Sound area of Washington Territory.Artwork credit: Thure de Thulstrup; restored by Adam Cuerden
Other Beautiful Photos on Wikipedia[edit]
For more on images in Wikipedia, see:
- Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates
- Wikipedia:Picture peer review
- Wikipedia:Requested pictures
- Category:Wikipedia requested photographs
To Do[edit]
Take photos of the following (listed on Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Washington, D.C.):
Circles in DC:
- Anna J. Cooper Circle - intersection of 3rd and T Streets in the LeDroit Park neighborhood
- Grant Circle - intersection of New Hampshire and Illinois Avenues and Varnum and 5th Streets
- Pinehurst Circle - intersection of Western and Utah Avenues and 33rd and Worthington Streets
- Sherman Circle - intersection of Illinois Avenue, Kansas Avenue, 7th Street, and Crittenden Street NW
Tenley Circle - Tenleytown.- Westmoreland Circle - straddling the Maryland and Washington border, at the intersection of Western Avenue, Butterworth Place, Massachusetts Avenue, Dalecarlia Parkway, and Wetherill Road.
Embassies (List of Washington, D.C. embassies):
- Holy See (Vatican City) - 3339 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, DC 20008
- Krygstan - 1732 Wisconsin Ave (between S and R Sts., more towards S)
- Iran - 2209 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, DC 20007
- Taipei - 4201 Wisconsin Ave
About Me[edit]
This user lives in the United States District of Columbia. |
This user enjoys photography. |
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