Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2021.071.041 |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Description |
Jim Shillito climbing a tree with a rope around his waist and an axe at his arm. It is the cover photo for "Never Chop Your Rope: A Story of British Columbia Logging and the People who Logged" by Joe Garner. Originally published in 1988. Written on the back: "Jim -- Pose for book picture, Shawnigan Div. M+B" |
Image File Name |
1988 - Jim Shillito Book Cover - Shawnigan Lake - 2021071041 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1988/ / |
Place |
Shawnigan Lake |
Provenance |
Jim Shillito worked forty-six years in the forest industry in total. Thirty-eight of those years he worked for Bloedel, Stewart & Welch (later MacMillan Bloedel). He started out as a "whistle punk" when he was just thirteen. |
Search Terms |
Never Chop Your Rope Book cover Shawnigan Lake People High rigger |
Collection |
Documentary, Vancouver Island |
People |
Shillito, Jim Garner |
Subjects |
People People associated with manual labor Yarding & Loading |