Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2017.010.009 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Donor identified man on the right with the chainsaw is her father, Peter Tokar. Unknown who is on the left. The two men are performing an undercut, which is when someone creates a V-shaped notch cut into the side of the tree in the direction they want it to fall. |
Image File Name |
1959 - Peter Tokar doing an undercut - Duncan - 2017010009 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1959/ / |
Place |
Duncan |
Provenance |
Peter Tokar was a logger from 1942 - 1968. He is featured on the cover of the International Woodworkers of America Annual 1976. The same photo is also featured as the cover of "British Columbia Lumberman Greenbook" (1973), which is available in the library. One of the companies Peter Tokar worked for was Alaska Pine. |
Search Terms |
Logging People Duncan undercut Forestry Chainsaw logger Faller |
Collection |
Documentary, Cowichan Valley |
People |
Tokar, Peter |
Subjects |
People People associated with manual labor Fallers falling & bucking |