Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1990.013.001a-b |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Two black and white photographs depicting the tops of a spar tree being cut. The man who cuts the top of the spar tree is called a high rigger. .a): High rigger climbing to reach the area to be cut. .b): the top in mid-fall, taken at a different angle. Dated September 26, 1949. |
Image File Name |
1949 - Taylor Bros Spar Tree - Duncan -1990013001a-b - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1949/09/26 |
Place |
Duncan |
Provenance |
Donor states the faller pictured is one of the Taylor brothers, but could not identify which one. Both copies from Worsley Studio. The copies were made for legal proceedings the donor was involved with as he was the lawyer for the brothers. Gilbert and Jeffery Taylor were longtime residents of Duncan. They entered the logging industry very young: Around the ages of 10 and 12. Their company would later become quite successful, primarily after WWII. |
Search Terms |
spar tree high rigger Taylor Bros Ltd People Duncan |
Collection |
Logging T&E |
People |
Taylor, Gilbert Taylor, Jeffery Guile Worsley Studio |
Subjects |
People People associated with manual labor Yarding & Loading Documentary, Cowichan Valley |