As the Otago goldfields were depleted, many Chinese moved into other occupations such as market gardening. This photograph, published in the Otago Witness in February 1888, shows Ah Sam and Joe Shum preparing to set off for market with vegetables they have grown.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, McNeur Collection (PAColl-5135)
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