South Asian Canadian Digital Archive : Item : [Photo of lumber workers banding timbers at Mayo Lumber in Nanaimo, B.C.] [2023_07_01

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Labour Activism History: Photographs ➔ [Photo of lumber workers banding timbers at Mayo Lumber in Nanaimo, B.C.]

Item

Identifier:

2023_07_01_036

Repository

Kaatza Station Museum and Archives

Repository Web Site

https://www.kaatzastationmuseum.ca/

Repository Identifier

P2934a & P2934b

Date

May 1 1970;Date(s) of creation

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Format

still image

Description

A wide shot of two lumber mill workers standing amidst large piles of lumber in a fenced-off outdoor storage area at Mayo Lumber. One of the workers uses a [ratchet bander?] to bind straps to a bale of lumber. A second worker, wearing a hardhat, watches the first. From File "Mayo Lumber".

Location

British Columbia;Vancouver Island;Nanaimo Land District;Nanaimo

Language

English

Notes

Warning sign in background reads "Danger High Voltage". Label on bundles of wood reads "Eacom 185". Label on back reads "P2934". Date on back reads "May 1970". Pen caption on back reads "Mayo Lumber". Pencil caption on back reads "Banding timbers[?]".

Rights Statement

In copyright

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]