Photo Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2007.500.018 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Herb Doman (right) and co. after attending a Government House Party. The man second from the left is General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, who served as the Indian High Commissioner to Canada from 19 July 1966 until August 1969. Photographed signed "From Andy Bigg". Bigg was an photo journalist and possibly the photographer of this image. Photograph belongs to the Doman family. |
Image File Name |
1968 - Doman & Chaudhuri - Duncan - 2007500018 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1968/05/ |
Place |
Duncan |
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. |
Photographer |
Bigg, Andy |
Search Terms |
Doman Doman Industries Sikh-Canadian Multiculturalism People Duncan Government House Party High Comissioner |
Collection |
Doman |
People |
Doman, Herb Chaudhuri, Jayanto Nath Bigg |
Subjects |
People Documentary, Cowichan Valley |