Labour Activism History: Photographs ➔ [Photo of tail sawyer Nirmal Manhas at Mayo Lumber in Nanaimo, B.C.]

Item
Identifier:
2023_07_01_035
Repository
Kaatza Station Museum and Archives
Repository Web Site
https://www.kaatzastationmuseum.ca/
Repository Identifier
P2933a & P2933b
Date
May 1 1970;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Format
still image
Description
Nirmal Manhas, tail sawyer at Goug[?] Sawmill, uses a [tool?] to [measure?] a log as it moves down a conveyer and [into?] a machine. He is wearing a hardhat. On the wall behind him, a drawing of a bird and various other messages have been scratched into the wood. From File "Mayo Lumber".
Location
British Columbia;Vancouver Island;Nanaimo Land District;Nanaimo
Language
English
Notes
Visible text scratched into the wall reads "The Guru sez[sic]". Label on back reads "P2933". Date on back reads "May 1970". Pen caption on back reads "Mayo Lumber". Pencil caption on back reads "Nirmal Manhas Tail Sawyer goug[?] mill".
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian 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]