Photo Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2007.500.017 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
An unidentified man (left) and the Doman brothers (Gordy, Herb and Ted) cutting a ribbon for what is likely the grand opening for a Doman's lumber wholesaling store. Photograph belongs to the Doman family. |
Image File Name |
unk - Doman Brothers Cutting Ribbon - unk - 2007500017 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
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Provenance |
Harbanse "Herb" Singh Doman was the son of Sihk immigrants and a Canadian forester who was born near Duncan. He was the Chairman of Doman Industries. Herb Doman was 12-years old when his father died. He quit school at 14 to help support his family by delivering newspapers and selling eggs and then firewood and sawdust door-to-door. Even at the age of 16, he had a knack for business and entrepreneurship. He bought a truck and began buying from local mills to sell their lumber to home builders. Five years of hard work and hard-driving later, he and his brothers, Gurdial ("Gordy") and Didar ("Ted"), could afford another truck and they became confident enough to incorporate. In 1953, Herb along with his younger brothers, The brothers began their business with Doman's Lumber & Transport Ltd. They grew a trucking division that expanded throughout British Columbia and extended into Alberta and the Yukon and expanded in the United States. From 1965 through 1978 sales soared 1,800 percent from $6 million in 1965 to $115 million in 1978 while net earnings skyrocketed 47 times from $237,000 to $11.1 million. In 1990, the trucking business was sold and Doman Industries focused on lumber wholesaling. Gordy left in 1968 to concentrate on his own business – G.S. Doman Ltd.; a wholesale lumber company. Ted was heavily involved with the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, a fraternal organization whose members are involved and interested in the forest products industry. Ted passed away in 1978. Herb remained president of Doman Industries. His son, Rick Doman, replaced him in 2001. |
Search Terms |
Doman Doman Industries Sikh-Canadian Multiculturalism People Lumber Wholesaling Store Opening |
Collection |
Doman |
People |
Doman, Herb Doman, Ted Doman, Gordy |
Subjects |
People Documentary, Cowichan Valley |