Doman Family Album 2

Three men stand in a muddy lumber yard near a body of water. Roughly-cut logs sit piled behind them and to the left. Wood waste is strewn about in the foreground. A small cluster of buildings, including a shed, a utility pole, a chain-link fence and a lamp post stand behind them and to the right. Supplies and equipment are clustered around these buildings, including a construction vehicle with an… more

A car and a helicopter sit parked in a muddy lumber yard. An unidentified man wearing sunglasses walks away from the helicopter. Roughly-cut logs sit piled at the periphery of the yard to the left and right of the vehicles. Forested hills, distant towns, and low mountains under an overcast sky can be seen in the background.

A procession of semi-trailer hauling trucks sit parked end-to-end on a roadway, their beds stacked high with roughly-cut sections of felled trees. A utility pole stands by the road behind them. Tall evergreen trees fill the background.

At an unidentified company function at the Village Green Inn in Duncan, B.C., Herb Doman poses for a photo while holding a white file folder. Herb stands behind a table covered with a yellow tablecloth and laden with paper documents and a pitcher of water. A podium with a microphone labelled "the Village Green Inn" sits on the table to the right of Herb. Another businessman, holding a… more

A conveyor belt sits idle inside the Doman Industries Silvertree Sawmill in Vancouver, B.C. Various pieces of sawmilling equipment can be seen behind the conveyor belt or mounted on cross beams below the ceiling.

In a room at an unidentified resort hotel, Herb Doman meets with two unidentified businessmen. Herb Doman and one businessman sit on wicker chairs on the right side of a glass coffee table, with the other businessman sitting on a sofa opposite them. The table is laden with paper napkins, plastic cocktail picks, empty glass bottles, and drinks in hurricane glasses. A potted fern sits by the wall… more

Photo taken from the parking lot of an unidentified Doman Industries storefront. The storefront consists of a wood-panelled flat roofed warehouse building with a garage door entrance and a smaller, adjoining building with a gabled roof that has glass windows and a door on the side facing the street. A Canadian flag hangs from a short pole on the left corner of this adjoining building while the… more

At a party in Herb Doman's living room, Herb Doman looks on while an unidentified party guesty cuts a cake. The cake sits on a table near to a carafe of coffee and a small white statue of a horse. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling above the cake table. More party guests can be seen milling about behind the man cutting the cake. A lamp sitting on a small end table can be seen in the… more

A wooden bulletin board at an unidentified Doman Industries location. A chalkboard pinned at the top of the bulletin board compares the weekly production of two employees identified as "Jake" and "Pete". The bulletin board also includes a "no smoking" sign and three illegible printed documents, one of which has come partially unpinned. Photograph possibly taken in… more

A long lift of lumber wrapped in white plastic packaging sits on a raised track in an unidentified Doman Industries sawmill. Through a garage door exit in the background, more lifts of lumber in white plastic packaging can be seen piled in an outdoor lumber yard. Mountains and trees can be seen behind them.

Herb Doman poses for a photo with an unidentified businessman in a wood-panelled room. A ceramic column, a curtain, and the fronds of a potted plant can be seen against the wall behind them. Photograph possibly taken in 1978.

A sheet of long, thin wooden deck boards sit on the floor of an unidentified location. A sheet of Doman Industries plastic packaging rests on a square object sitting on top of the deck boards.

At an unidentified company function at the Village Green Inn in Duncan, B.C., Herb Doman poses for a photo with a young Rick Doman and a third unidentified businessman. The corner of the room can be seen behind them, with a door frame on the right and a mounted light fixture with five large electric candles on the left. The Village Green Inn is a hotel in Duncan, B.C. that opened in 1968.

Herb Doman sits at the minibar in the cabin of Harry Merlo's boat. A coffee cup and a glass of alcohol sit on the bar in front of Herb. An unidentified businessman sits to the left of Herb, holding an empty drinking glass with both hands. Two small yellow candles sit at either corner of the bar. Coffee cups and glass goblets containing bar snacks sit on the bar at either end, beyond the… more

Headshot photo of an unidentified man holding a microphone and smiling in a room at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. The ceiling of the room can be seen in the background.