Chilliwack Museum and Archives collection ➔ [Group photo in front of the Macken Brothers Lumber Yard building, Chilliwack, BC]

Item
Identifier:
2023_13_01_002
Repository
Chilliwack Museum and Archives
Repository Web Site
https://www.chilliwackmuseum.ca/
Repository Identifier
1976.018.006
Date
1911;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph: b&w
Format
still image
Description
Group photograph in front of the small office building of the Macken Brothers Lumber Yard, Chilliwack, BC. Buildings, lumber and mountains are visible in the background. Left to right: Thomas P. Knight, William Lyle Macken, Lettie Jackson, Harry Jackson, Walter Frost, and Mr. Singh, and Hughie Mercer [?] standing on horse drawn flat bed wagon.
Location
British Columbia;New Westminster Land District;Fraser Valley Regional District;Chilliwack
Language
English
Notes
Macken Brothers Lumber Yard changed their name to Collins-Macken Mills in 1929. Later, it became the Freeland-Macken Lumber Company on Mill Road in Atchelitz.
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men sawmill workers
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Horses [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062160];Lumber trade [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078814];Sawmills [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117790];Timber [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135386]