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OBJECT TYPE: positive/print/b&w/portrait, group
DATE: 1955–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0561.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Chemainus Sawmill Mill Boom Department [Employees]
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 16.5 cm
Width: 11.1 cm
Height: 1.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: Displayed before1983.
Canada: From Mill No. 4 at Chemainus, B.C.. Built in 1925 by the Victoria Lumber & Mfg. Co., Mill No. 4 was bought c. 1944 by H.R. MacMillan, and operated as a MacMillan business (becoming, after 1951, MacMillan Bloedel) until 1982, when it was closed and dismantled. In 1984 a new and modern mill was built in Chemainus: as of 2001, it was still in operation. In social and economic terms., Mill No. 4 represents the apex of industrial development in Chemainus, in a sector of paramount importance to both the community and the province. Maximum production was 1 million board feet of lumber, over a 24-hr period, with three continuous shifts employing a total 1000 people. (The current mill employs 150 people and processes about 450,000 board feet a day) Mill No. 4 was also a part of an industrial continuum with roots dating back to the pioneer period of settlement on Vancouver Island. (Ref. 1) This photograph was mounted inside the frame housing the BC Safety Council's Award of Honour, presented to the Chemainus Sawmiil's Mill Boom department in recognition of their exceptional safety record.
Function: Graphic record: specifically, of Mill Boom employees of sawmill.
Technical: Photograph accompanies award presented to Mill Boom [employees], Chemainus Sawmill Division- MacMillan Bloedel, in recognition of 142,168 consecutive hours worked without an accident/injury resulting in loss of time. B&W photograph depicts 9 men dressed in workclothes and posed in front of what appear to be lockers.[photograph is not annotated]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: CMC catalogue number "983.45.392 b" printed by hand in lead pencil on photograph back.Sign in photograph reads "SAFETY/ YOUR RESPONSIBILITY/THE MILL BOOM/ DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED/ 4111 DAYS/ WITHOUT/ A LOST TIME/ INJURY/ THE BEST PREVIOUS/ RECORD WAS/ [blank] DAYS/ ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART?".
Missing: None.
Finish: B&W glossy photograph.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, circa 1955–1970, Artifact no. 2001.0561, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0561.002/

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