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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.023.001a-g |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Seven photographs depicting the falling and loading of large Douglas-fir logs for the 1970 World Fair that was held in Osaka, Japan. .a) - .c) are coloured, the rest are black and white. All photographs were taken in Caycuse and were taken by BC Forest Service. .a): Yellow car parked in front of Douglas-fir. Encapsulates how large these trees were. .b): Falling of large fir for Osaka. One man (Peter Tokar) cuts into a tree with a chainsaw. Note: The chainsaw he is using is also in the collection, 2017.010.001. .c): Peter Tokar walking on an already fallen tree as the fir he had cut into in .b) begins to fall. .d): Another Douglas-fir being felled for Osaka. Still Caycuse, but in another part of the forest. Unknown if either the men pictured is Peter Tokar. .e): Douglas-fir from .d) beginning to fall. Fallers are keeping their distance. .f): Douglas-fir from .d) and .e) on the ground. Fallers approaching it. .g): Logs for Osaka being loaded for transportation. |
Image File Name |
1968 - Osaka Logs - Caycuse - 2022023001a-g - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1968/ / |
Place |
Caycuse |
Provenance |
Expo '70 was held in March 15 and September 13, 1970 in Osaka, Japan. Its theme was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." One of the major pavilions featured was The Canadian pavilion, which in turn featured a BC pavilion. The logs pictured here were dubbed the "Osaka Logs" because they were used in the BC pavilion. From Toronto Star, March 19, 1969, about the BC pavilion that used the Osaka logs: "British columbia: With its huge vertical bark-covered logs soaring as high as 160 feet; the B.C. pavilion at Osaka's Expo 70 will be the tallest wood structure in the world. The logs symbolize British Columbia's claim to the tallest trees in the world; but the pavilion also will reflect British Columbia's rugged mountain; its rivers and its rich resources." 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. |
Photographer |
Robin, Peter W. |
Search Terms |
osaka logs expo 70 bc pavilion faller logging Douglas-fir chainsaws fallers |
Collection |
Documentary, Cowichan Valley |
People |
Tokar, Peter |
Subjects |
People People associated with manual labor Documentary, Vancouver Island Chainsaws Falling & Bucking |