Labour Activism History: Photographs ➔ [Portait of dropsorter Boota Rai at the CIPA Sawmill in Nanaimo, B.C.]

Item
Identifier:
2023_07_01_029
Repository
Kaatza Station Museum and Archives
Repository Web Site
https://www.kaatzastationmuseum.ca/
Repository Identifier
P2739a P2739b
Date
December 1 1974;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Format
still image
Description
CIPA Lumber Co. dropsorter Boota Rai, wearing a hardhat and work gloves, turns away from his workstation in the sawmill to pose for a photo. Before him is a long, flat track covered in sawdust and various squared boards. Loose boards and tangled electrical cables can be seen at his feet. From File "CIPA Sawmill, Nanaimo". CIPA Lumber Co. Ltd. is a subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation. The role of a dropsorter at a Lumber Mill is to determine where each piece of lumber has to go based on the lumber thickness, width, length, species, quality, and other factors.
Location
British Columbia;Vancouver Island;Nanaimo Land District;Nanaimo
Language
English
Notes
Label on back reads "P2739". Stamp on back reads "International Woodworkers of America A.F.L—C.I.O.—C.L.C. Local 1-80 351 Brae Rd., Duncan, B.C. Phone 746-6131". Date on back reads "Dec 74". Pen caption on back reads "CIPA Boota S. Rai — Dropsorter" Pencil caption on back reads "Dropsorter operator Boota Rai —" Red pen text on back reads "100%".
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men;South Asian Canadian sawmill workers
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Labor unions [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136516];Labor unions--Canada [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106524];Labor unions--Canada--History [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009128451];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]