Kaatza Station Museum and Archives collection ➔ [Group photo of lumber mill workers from the #1 Planer Day Shift at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd, Youbou, B.C.]
Item
Identifier:
2023_06_01_006
Repository
Kaatza Station Museum and Archives
Repository Web Site
https://www.kaatzastationmuseum.ca/
Repository Identifier
N00275 - Copy.tif
Date
1939;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Format
still image
Description
Group photo of 19 lumber mill workers from the #1 Planer Day Shift at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd, Youbou, B.C. The workers are seated in 2 rows in front of a planing mill. Two men in the front row hold a wooden plank reading "#1 Planer Day Shift". The planer is a machine that smooths and cuts logs of rough lumber to desired thicknesses and dimensions.
Location
British Columbia;Vancouver Island;Cowichan Lake Land District;Youbou
Language
English
Notes
Writing on wooden plank reads "#1 Planer Day Shift".
I.T.M. Youbou Sawmill, 1939. Kaatza Station Museum & Archives, N00275, IWA Local 1-80, Wilmer Gold Photo Collection, ©United Steelworkers Local 1-1937.
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men;Sikh men;South Asian Canadian sawmill workers
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Timber [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135386];Lumber trade [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078814];Sawmill workers [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117788];Sawmills [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117790]
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