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Doman Family Album 2
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Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A young Herb Doman stands in front of an M. Singh General Hauling truck parked on a rural roadway. Trees and single-storey houses can be seen behind a fence in the background.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Excerpt of a newspaper featuring an article titled "25 Years ago in the Lake News". The article includes a photo of Doman Industries transport truck no. 143 hauling a single large felled tree taken from the "TW Mackenzie loadout" and bound for Ladysmith Forest Products. Driver Ron Forsen stands on the truck bed with his hand on the log. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A feature biography of Harbanse "Herb" Singh Doman written in 1988, shortly before the opening of the Doman Industries Log Merchandising Plant in Duke Point, Nanaimo, B.C. This biography recounts Herb's humble beginnings as a truck driver providing for his family following his father's death, the challenges he later faced as President of Doman Industries, and his approach to… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Two transport workers pose for a photo in front of a Summit Wood hauling truck. The truck bed is loaded with short, squared-off cuts of lumber.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Herb Doman, age 15, stands in the front yard of a small house wearing a patterned sweater.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Portrait of Herb Doman wearing a business suit. He stands behind a desk with his hand resting on a piece of paper.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
In a very faded photograph, three hauling trucks sit parked by the side of a rural roadway abutting a stand of trees. A wooden fence can be seen in the foreground. A house and a pedestrian can be seen in the background.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
In a very faded photograph, two hauling trucks sit parked on a muddy roadway.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A portrait orientation photograph of tall evergreen trees in a forest, possibly taken from the pages of a book.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A magazine ad for RoyNat Ltd. featuring Herb Doman. Doman recounts how RoyNat financed expansions to his lumber processing facilities. RoyNat is an investment firm founded in 1962. In 1988 they were acquired by Montreal Trust, which was later acquired by Scotiabank in 1994.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Printed copy of a speech written for Herb Doman and likely intended to be read to his managers concerning competition, employee motivation, managerial strategy, and company growth.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A single-page excerpt from an unknown book. A caption at the top of the page reads "The Majesty of Trees". The page features a black and white photo of a daylit forest scene with fallen trees in the foreground and standing trees in the background. The photo is accompanied by a two paragraph quote by American writer and essayist Washington Irving. more
Doman Family Album 2
At a fuelling station in an urban area, four South Asian transport workers pose for a photo near their parked vehicles. The storefront of a Wellcraft Boats building can be seen in the background. Sky Chief Gas is distributed by Texaco. Wellcraft is a powerboat manufacturer.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Four transport workers pose for a photo in front of a Summit Wood hauling truck. The truck bed is loaded with short, squared-off cuts of lumber. A stand of sparse trees can be seen behind the truck.
Doman Family Album 2
In the parking lot of the Doman's Self-Serve Centre, a transport worker poses for a photo carrying a bag of Zonolite insulation next to a Doman Industries hauling truck loaded with identical bags. The storefront is decorated with pennant strings. Trees and other buildings can be seen in the background. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A transport worker sits in the cab of Doman Industries transport truck no. 150. The truck is fitted with two semi-trailers, both loaded with large bundles of thin, wooden boards. There is a signboard attached to the truck's bumper advertising an exhibit at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. The truck is parked by the side of a road in a rural area, with forests and hills visible in the… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Five hauling trucks sit parked in a line in front of a Texaco fuelling station owned by Gray Motor Co. The station is built on a narrow, triangular plot of land between two sharply-angled roads. Utility poles and a clock tower can be seen standing above a town in the background. Forested hills can be seen behind the town.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Photo taken inside of the Doman's Self-Serve Centre. The shelves in the area pictured are stocked with sheets of laminate wooden flooring, arborite and roofing paper. The walls are decorated with ads and flyers. Arborite is a brand of high-pressure decorative plastic laminate. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Photo taken inside of the Doman's Self-Serve Centre. The shelves in the area pictured are stocked with cans of paint and related chemical products. Three or four men stand at a service desk in the background. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Photo taken inside of the Doman's Self-Serve Centre. Sheets of laminate wooden flooring sit arranged in multiple stacks in a back corner of the store. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Industries transport truck no. 54 sits parked in the parking lot of an industrial area. The truck bed is loaded with a large, rectangular shipping container. Buildings and warehouses can be seen in the background.
Doman Family Album 2
At a Doman Industries company function in November of 1965, Herb Doman hands a "Driver of the Year Award" trophy to one of his employees. Herb stands behind a table fitted with a podium and a microphone and laden with various cups, plates, salt and pepper shakers and hors d'oeuvres. Three other attendees are standing beside Herb, but they are obscured by the Trophy or cut off by… more
Doman Family Album 2
at the ribbon-cutting for the gala opening of Doman's Self-Serve Centre, four well-dressed men pose for a photo while waiting in the parking lot. The leftmost man is unidentified, and the others are, from left to right, Gordy, Herb, and Ted Doman. A van is parked behind them. A signboard advertising the event can be seen in the corner of the parking lot. Utility poles, street lamps, roads… more
Doman Family Album 2
Fifteen attendees pose for a photo at a Doman Industries company function in November of 1965. One row is seated and another row stands behind the first. The attendee fourth from the right in the first row holds the trophy for the Driver of the Year Award issued by Doman's Transport Limited. Wallpaper and a window with a drawn curtain can be seen behind the attendees. more
Doman Family Album 2
At an unidentified company function, Herb Doman and two other men sit at a folding table laden with drinking glasses and pitchers of water. Herb sits on the far left. The man sitting on the right takes notes. To their left, a fourth man operates a video camera mounted on a tripod. Other tables with folding chairs can be seen in the foreground in front of their table. Another man stands against… more
Doman Family Album 2
At a Doman Industries company function in November of 1965, four well-dressed guests pose for a photo behind a table laden with Coleman brand camping equipment, including a fold-out propane stove and a lantern. The man standing on the left is the recipient of the "Driver of the Year Award" trophy. The Coleman Company, Inc. is an USA brand of outdoor recreation products, especially… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Wide shot of the Doman's Self-Serve Centre taken from the far side of a dusty road. The visible portion of the property consists of a large warehouse flanked by a smaller storefront and a building labelled "Prest-O-Logs" along with an adjoining parking lot. The smaller buildings are decorated with pennant strings. Many cars are parked by the storefront, and a utility pole stands in… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Photo taken inside of the Doman's Self-Serve Centre, showing a corner with wide windows. An aisle runs down the centre of the photo, with a customer service desk on its right and a display featuring paint rollers on its left. More shelves can be seen in the background. Flags advertising a store-wide sale stand amidst the shelves. Balloons hang from the ceiling above the customer service desk. more
Doman Family Album 2
At a Doman Industries company function in November of 1965, an unidentified Doman Industries higher-up shakes hands with the recipient of the "Driver of the Year Award" trophy. The higher-up stands behind a table fitted with a podium and a microphone. Three other attendees are standing beside him, one of whom is obscured by the microphone. The award recipient stands on the opposite side… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of the storefront and adjoining parking lot in front of the Doman's Self-Serve Centre during the grand anniversary sale. The storefront is decorated with pennant strings. Five cars are parked out front. Trees and distant mountains under an overcast sky can be seen in the background. more
Doman Family Album 2
At an unidentified dinner, five men sit at a dining table in a restaurant, all wearing business suits. Herb Doman sits third from the right. Former Premier Bill Bennett sits third from the left. A man identified as "Don," sits second from the left. The table is laden with cups, plates, utensils, and a wine bottle. Other guests can be seen dining in the background. William Richards… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A young Herb Doman poses for a photo with two other men. The three are standing at a dock with mooring posts and boats visible behind it. Herb and the man in the centre are dressed casually, and are both wearing flannel jackets. The man in the centre also wears a hardhat and work boots. The man on the right wears a business suit. Distant mountains can be seen in the background.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Industries transport truck no. 141, a truck tractor with no semi-trailer, sits parked in front of a Canadian Kenworth building.
Doman Family Album 2
In a residential area, a man poses for a photo standing behind Armour & Saunders cement truck no. 117, which sits ready to pour cement into the foundation of a building. The cement truck is parked on an empty lot of flattened soil. Behind it, the wooden frame of a building stands mid-construction. Two carpenters are visible working on the roof of the building. A house is visible on the far… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Herb Doman poses for a photo at an unidentified dinner. An unidentified man sits to his left. More dinner guests can be seen seated at tables in the background.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Photo taken from the street in front of the Duncan Financial Centre, a multi-storey office building with a glass window facade and a portico over its front entrance. Between the building and the sidewalk there is a strip of parking lot and an identifying billboard. Caption for the photograph reads, "March 1973". more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A Bell 47 helicopter sits parked on a landing pad. An overcast sky can be seen in the background.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
At an unidentified dinner, Herb Doman poses for a photo with former Premier Bill Bennett and a third man identified by his nametag as "Don". A busy crowd can be seen milling about in the background. William Richards Bennett was the 27th premier of British Columbia from 1975 to 1986. more
Doman Family Album 2
At the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, B.C., Herb Doman puts his hand on a woman's shoulder. The woman is carrying a purse. Both of them are very well-dressed. A poster on the wall in the background advertises local entertainment and amenities. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Forty-five guests pose for a group photo at a Doman Industries staff Christmas party. The guests are posed in two rows in front of the exit door of a restaurant. The first row consists of women wearing formal dresses with pinned-on corsages seated on chairs arranged in a rough semi-circle. There is a sign board propped up on the floor in front of the first row. The second row, standing behind the… more
Doman Family Album 2
Thirteen dinner guests sit behind a long table at a Doman Industries company function in November of 1965. They are well-dressed, the men in suits and the women in dresses, some with corsages. Herb Doman sits sixth from the left. Gordy Doman sits seventh from the left, next to his brother. The table is laden with cups, plates, utensils, salt and pepper shakers, bowls of sugar cubes, and bowls of… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
At a company function, an unidentified man stands behind a long table. A microphone is mounted on the table in front of him. A trophy and a small floral arrangement sit on the table near to the microphone. Across the table, a second man exchanges a small slip of paper with the speaker. The guests seated at the table and around the room can be seen applauding. A wall with curtains and wall-mounted… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Five businessmen pose for a photo behind a desk in an office, with a sixth cut off by the left edge of the photo frame. The businessman in the centre of the photo, looking quite pleased, holds a slip of paper in his left hand and shakes hands with the man to the left of him with his right. Herb Doman stands in the upper left corner of the photo. The desk is laden with stacks of paper documents… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Four men pose for a photo in a grassy lot. They are all wearing suits and all but the rightmost man have Bill Bennett's "Build with Bill" campaign buttons pinned on their lapels. The man second from the right smokes a cigar. The leftmost man is Herb Doman. The man second from the left is identified as Don. The rightmost man is Gordy Doman. Two other young men are partially visible… more
Doman Family Album 2
After leaving a party held at Government House in Victoria, B.C., five men in formal dress pose for a photo on the front steps of an unidentified building in Duncan, B.C. The rightmost man is Herb Doman. The man second from the left, holding a pair of glasses in his right hand, is General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri. A room with a light hanging from the ceiling can be seen through a door behind the… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 480, is for six dollars and twenty-nine cents to be paid to the Minister of Finance on February 10th, 1953. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 466, is for one-hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy-seven cents to be paid to Gurdial S. Doman on January 31st, 1953. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cutout square from a cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. The date is visible as Feb. 16, 1953, and the payee is "Buchar Manhas". more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 496, is for ten dollars and five cents to be paid to Stewart Hudson Ltd. on February 14th, 1953. Stewart and Hudson was a lumber and hardware company once active in Victoria. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 495, is for ten dollars to be paid to Bank of [illegible] of North Cowichan on February 14th, 1953. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 475, is for fourteen dollars to be paid to A. B. Clark on February 7th, 1953. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 494, is for twenty dollars to be paid to the City of Duncan on February 14th, 1953. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 484, is for two dollars and thirty cents to be paid to the City of Duncan on February 14th, 1953. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 481, is for thirty dollars and seventy cents to be paid to the Receiver General of Canada on February 10th, 1953. Douglas Abbott was the Receiver General of Canada between 1946 and 1954. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped "accepted" and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 504, is for two-hundred and ninety-five dollars to be paid to the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles on February 21st, 1953. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is marked "paid". This cheque, no. 489, is for nineteen dollars and thirty-five cents to be paid on February 14th, 1953. The first two words of the payee are legible as "Cowichan Produce". The face on the stamp on this cheque has been scribbled out. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped and marked "paid". This cheque, which has no number filled in, is for one thousand one hundred and one dollars and forty-one cents to be paid to Superior Forest Products Ltd. on February 16th, 1953. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is marked "paid". This cheque, no. 490, is for one dollar and eighty cents to be paid on February 14th, 1953. The payee's first name is legible as "Laurie". The face on the stamp has been scribbled out on this cheque. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A copy of form 346 from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. It is marked "paid". This forms concerns two transactions related to Harbanse Singh Trucking Account. The first is to an illegible payee and totals one hundred and ninety dollars. The second is to the Department of Motor Vehicles and totals two hundred and ninety-five dollars. There is a checkmark drawn over the… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 497, is for three hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy cents to be paid on February 14th, 1953. The payee is illegible. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 485, is for one hundred and twenty dollars to be paid to Saanich Logging Lumber Co. on February 14th, 1953. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is stamped "accepted" and marked "paid". This cheque, no. 483, is for one-hundred and ninety dollars to be paid to the Public Utilities Board on February 14th, 1953. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from the Duncan Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce signed by Herb Doman to deduct from his trucking account. It is marked "paid". This cheque, no. 493, is for thirty-nine dollars and fifty cents to be paid to Hillcrest Lumber Ltd. on February 14th, 1953. more
Doman Family Album 2
A Doman Industries transport truck emerges from the enclosed vehicle deck of the Kahloke ferry, driving up the boarding ramp and onto the gangplank. The truck is hauling long wooden planks. An onlooker, possibly Herb Doman, can be seen to the right of the truck, leaning on the railing of the gangplank. Another onlooker can be seen in the background, looking over the deck of the ferry. The SS… more
Doman Family Album 2
A driver sits in the passenger seat of a Doman industries transport truck parked in a parking lot. The bed of the truck is loaded with long wooden planks. More transport vehicles can be seen behind the truck. Trees can be seen in the background. A large brown stain on the photo obscures the bed of the truck.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Doman industries transport truck no. 24 sits parked at the side of a dirt road by a lakeshore. There are a few packing palettes on the truck bed. Rolling hills surrounding a lake can be seen in the background.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Doman industries transport truck no. 24 sits parked parked in a lumber yard. The truck is loaded with bales of squared-off wooden planks. Tall piles of lumber can be seen behind the truck. The side of a building can be seen in the background.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A Doman industries transport truck sits parked on the log deck of a sawmill. The truck is loaded with long wooden planks. Tall piles of lumber can be seen behind the truck. Mountains can be seen in the background.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cheque from a Bank of Montreal cheque book associated with a Doman Industries Limited account. This cheque, no. 00101691385, is for fifty cents to be paid to Donald F Hammond on June 15th, 1994.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Three Doman Industries transport trucks sit parked in a line along a dusty road beside a rocky cliff face. The lead truck is Doman Industries transport truck no. 23. The trucks are loaded with long bales of lumber. Forested mountains can be seen in the background.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A memo to the Rotary Club of Duncan summarizing a recent address by former British Columbia Supreme Court Justice John V. Clyne. The address concerned the Quebec separation referendum of 1980, to which Clyne was strongly opposed. Instead, Clyne proposed the formation of a commission of "men of wisdom and knowledge" to draft a new and more universally accommodating constitution for… more
Doman Family Album 2
A: A copy of a letter from George Robbins to the publication The News Leader wherein George nominates Herb Doman for "Greatest Cowichanian of the past 100 years". B: A copy of a flyer advertising the "Greatest Cowichinian" feature, explaining the guidelines and a related prize draw. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Photo taken from the parking lot to the right of the Duncan Financial Centre, a multi-storey office building with a glass window facade and a portico over its front entrance. Cars can be seen parked outside the building. The corner of the building nearest to the camera is marked with two billboards reading "Nanaimo Realty". A white wooden fence stands along the property line at the edge… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Herb Doman poses for a photo, half-sitting on a desk in his office. He is wearing a business suit. On the desk sits a rotary phone, an intercom console and a wooden pen holder. There is an office chair behind the desk. There is a chest of drawers behind the office chair, with a few binders and paper documents on top of it. Behind Herb, a window can be seen through a sheer black curtain,… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
The living room in a house belonging to Herb Doman. The floor is covered by plain white carpet. The walls are plain white. In the foreground, there is a sofa visible against the rightmost wall, partially cut off by the right edge of the photograph. There is a wooden chair to the left of the sofa. A round wooden low table sits in front of the sofa, bearing a few dishes and books. Near the wall… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Herb Doman's empty, dimly lit office. A desk sits in the centre of the room, laden with newspapers, paper documents, a pen holder, an ashtray, and a pair of sunglasses. Two chairs sit in front of the desk, while another sits behind it. A chest of drawers stands behind the desk. A rotary phone and an intercom console sit on top of the chest of drawers. A houseplant sits in the far right… more
Doman Family Album 2
A brief page of a Doman Industries Ltd. prospectus. This page concerns the acquisition of the crown operations of Pacific Forest Products Ltd. by Doman Industries Ltd. for one hundred and forty-four million dollars CAD. Pacific Forest Products Ltd. was a lumber company founded in 1985 and bought by Doman Industries Ltd. in 1997.
Doman Family Album 2
A brief page of a Doman Industries Ltd. prospectus. This page concerns a fifteen-year multi-currency term credit accomodation totalling four hundred million dollars. This accomodation covers expenses related to the acquisition of lumber company Rayonier Canada's BC and Alberta Assets as well as unrelated facility improvements. These funds were granted to Western Forest Products Ltd. by the… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A two-page handwritten note by Doman Industries employee Don Morgan concerning two anecdotes about Herb Doman and his employees.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A cover page of a Doman Industries Ltd. prospectus concerning acquisitions and sale of company shares. The page lists two headings: "8 ¾ Senior Notes due 2004" and "Price 100%". A footnote cites the investment bank Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was an American investment bank, securities trading, and brokerage firm that failed in 2008 as part of… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A printed copy of the web page www.domans.com/domans/indexframe.html circa 2002. The page contains a brief summary of the services provided by Doman Industries along with contact information. The page is marked "Restructuring". The domain Domans.com is now defunct. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A framed commemorative photo collage celebrating Herb Doman's history in the B.C. lumber industry. The collage includes five photos. Three photos, in black and white, include Herb Doman and various other businessmen. One black and white photo is of the cargo ship Ponderosa. The single colour photo includes Herb Doman and three other businessmen standing in front of a Price & Pierce… more
Doman Family Album 2
An award presented by Grace McCarthy to Herb Doman in appreciation of his service as a member of the British Columbia Development Corporation. It consists of a wooden escutcheon fitted with a plaque with a dedication and a metal relief of the coat of arms of British Columbia. The British Columbia Development Corporation is a crown corporation founded in 1973 as a result of the Development… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A tripartite fold-out poster collage of numerous photographs related to Doman Industries. There is no particular organization to the layout of the photos. The majority of the photos included consist of headshots and group shots of transport workers and sawmill workers, photos of processed timber and lumber yards, and photos of sawmilling equipment and transport trucks. Other miscellaneous photos… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A framed painting by Edie Miller of four redhead ducks floating on the pale grey surface of a pool of water. The painting was gifted to Doman Industries by an unidentified party in appreciation of their support. Edith "Edie" Miller is a painter and printmaker from Vancouver Island. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Herb Doman, wearing a striped red shirt, turns away from the driver's seat of an industrial vehicle to smile for the camera. A steering wheel and various knobs, dials and readout screens are visible on the dashboard in front of him. The vehicle appears built for left-hand traffic, with driver's seat placed on the right side of the cabin. The scene outside the vehicle's windows is… more
Doman Family Album 2
A brief page of a Doman Industries prospectus disclosing the availability of four million class B non-voting shares at ten dollars and fifty cents per share. At the bottom of the page are the logos of three shareholding corporate bodies. Goepel Shields & Partners is an investment banking firm founded on June 15th, 1989. RBC Dominion Securities, founded on April 1st, 1901, was the brand used… more
Doman Family Album 2
The 1988 Workplace Awareness Award for outstanding achievement in Co-opoeratively promoting well-being in the workplace, presented to South Vancouver Island Assessment & Referral Service by the Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. Division. The photo shows only a portion of the wooden board where the award plaque is mounted.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A concrete wall bearing a poster of the logo of Doman Industries Ltd. The logo consists of the name of the company and a drawing of a cross-section of a log marked with a green letter "D". more
Doman Family Album 2
Three men pose for a photo in a rain-soaked parking lot during an unidentified Doman Industries ribbon-cutting ceremony. The man in the centre is Herb Doman. The leftmost man might be Ted Doman. They are standing in front of Doman industries transport truck no. 788, its bed loaded with bales of lumber. Herb and the leftmost man each have a hand on the truck's door railing. more
Doman Family Album 2
In a rain-soaked Doman Industries parking lot, eleven men stand in a line in front of Doman industries transport truck no. 788, its bed laden with bales of lumber. A twelth man drives Doman Industries forklift no. 314, which is loading another bale onto the truck bed. The man third from the right is Herb Doman.
Doman Family Album 2
Four men stand in a rain-soaked parking lot during an unidentified Doman Industries ribbon-cutting ceremony. Behind them, a fifth man sits in the driver's seat of Doman Industries forklift no. 314, which is currently loading lumber onto the bed of a transport truck. All of the men are looking toward the camera. A distant shoreline can be seen across a body of water in the background. more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Fourteen men and one woman stand in a crowded office, all dressed in business attire. Herb Doman, standing in the centre of the photo, shakes hands with another man who holds a slip of paper. A desk sits in front of the crowd laden with stacks of binders and other paper documents. Floor-to-ceiling curtains can be seen behind the crowd.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A small group of people stand in a wood-panelled office. The photo is focused on two older men and a young South Asian man, who is holding a camera and a lens-cleaning cloth. Another man is visible, cut off by the rightmost edge of the photo. In the background, Herb Doman can be seen talking to a woman.
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
A spray paint stencil for marking Doman Industries products with the "D Select" label, which resembles a simplified variant of the company's log cross-section logo. The stencil is coated with many layers of red-orange spray paint. more
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of a certificate given to Herb Doman (here identified as "Herbert") upon his completion of the Dale Carnegie Sales Course. The date information is not filled in. Dale Carnegie was an American writer and lecturer, and the developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. more
Doman Family Album 2
A certificate of merit presented to Herb Doman for his contributions to the McPherson Foundation which made possible a performance by Famous People Players in Duncan, B.C. Famous People Players is a black light puppetry theatre company. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and tours worldwide. It is a non-profit organization that employs people with physical and intellectual disabilities.
Doman Family Album 2
A brief page of a Doman Industries prospectus disclosing the availability of four million class B non-voting shares at six dollars and sixty-two point five cents per share. At the bottom of the page are the logos of three shareholding corporate bodies. Goepel Shields & Partners is an investment banking firm founded on June 15th, 1989. RBC Dominion Securities, founded on April 1st, 1901, was… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of a loading dock at Cowichan Bay. The right side of the dock is laden with large bales of lumber, banded with chains and branded with the Doman Industries logo. In the midground, three workmen in white hard hats are walking on top of the lumber. In the background, one workman sits on a bale of lumber while another stands near him. Behind them, an industrial crane lifts two bales of the… more
Doman Family Album 2
Herb Doman speaks with two other men in a rain-soaked parking lot during an unidentified Doman Industries ribbon-cutting ceremony. Three cars are parked to the right of the men, another parked car is cut off by the leftmost edge of the photo. A small shed stands beyond the edge of the lot to their right. Part of another lot can be seen behind them, containing fences, piles of dirt or gravel, and… more
Doman Family Album 2
Three men and one woman pose for a photo at an unidentified party. The rightmost man is Herb Doman. The woman second from the right is Grace McCarthy. The man second from the left is Ray McCarthy. Herb and Ray smile at the camera, while the other two smile at each other. The four of them are holding drinking glasses. More party guests can be seen milling about in the background. Grace McCarthy,… more
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of a Doman's Self-Serve Building Supply Centre booth at an unidentified trade show being held in an unidentified sports venue. The booth includes an information desk and a display consisting of three walls and a ceiling built from materials available at the building supply centre. The walls of the display are fitted with a window, a glass door, an awning, and a section of wood filigree… more
Doman Family Album 2
Four men pose for a photo in a rain-soaked parking lot during an unidentified Doman Industries ribbon-cutting ceremony. The man second from the left holds an open umbrella and has his right hand on the leftmost man's shoulder. The man second from the right wears a hardhat and holds a closed umbrella. The rightmost man wears a jacket bearing the Uniroyal logo. A transport truck and an… more
Doman Family Album 2
At the presenting of an unidentified accolade, fourteen men pose for a photo in two rows. The first row of seven is seated and the remaining seven stand behind them. They are all wearing business suits. The man third from the right in the first row is Herb Doman. The rightmost man in the second row is Rick Doman. Five of the men, including Herb Doman, are holding framed copies of an unidentified… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
The semi-trailer of a Doman Industries hauling truck sits parked in a dusty lot in an urban area. A workman balances wooden beams against the side of the semi-trailer. There is a display on the bed of the semi-trailer featuring, from right to left, a large section of a felled tree, a bale of banded lumber, and the wooden frame of a small shed. Above the felled tree there is a smaller section of a… more
Doman Family Album 2
Doman Family Album 2
Forty-six men and one woman pose for a photo in an elaborately decorated room. The men all wear business suits and most wear name tags. The single woman wears glasses and a blue sweater. Eleven men sit on chairs in the front row. The remaining men stand behind them. The woman stands roughly in the centre of the second row. The leftmost man is Herb Doman. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling above… more
Doman Family Album 2
Four men pose for a photo in front of a lavishly decorated fireplace in an unidentified drawing room. They are all wearing business suits and holding drinking glasses. The man second from the right is Herb Doman. A fifth man is visible in the background.
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of a Junior Forest Wardens float as it moves down a residential road under a overcast sky at an unidentified parade. The float has been awarded with the Conkin Garrett Trophy for First Overall Float. The float is being pulled by a Doman Industries hauling truck decorated with yellow crepe paper and multi colored streamers. The flag of British Columbia is pinned up in front of the grille and… more
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of the Nanaimo Junior Forest Wardens float as it moves down the road at an unidentified parade. This photo is focused on the parade float itself. The exterior of the float is covered with yellow crepe paper. The decorations visible in this photo include multi colored streamers, miniature pine trees, sticks, logs, a poster pinned to the side of the float, and a figure of U.S. Forest Service… more
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of the Nanaimo Junior Forest Wardens float as it moves down the road at an unidentified parade. This photo is focused on the parade float itself. The exterior of the float is covered with yellow crepe paper. The decorations visible in this photo include multi colored streamers, miniature pine trees, sticks, logs, a miniature flagpole mounted on a tent, a large JFW signboard, and a figure of… more
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of the Nanaimo Junior Forest Wardens float as it moves down the road at an unidentified parade. This photo is focused on the parade float itself. The exterior of the float is covered with yellow crepe paper. The decorations visible in this photo include multi colored streamers, miniature pine trees, sticks, logs, a large JFW signboard, and a figure of U.S. Forest Service mascot Smokey Bear… more
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of the Nanaimo Junior Forest Wardens float as it moves down the road at an unidentified parade. This photo is focused on the front of the Doman Industries transport truck hauling the float. The exterior of the truck is decorated with green crepe paper, flowers, and multi colored streamers, with a large Doman Industries logo mounted above the grille. There is a sticker reading "3rd… more
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of the Nanaimo Junior Forest Wardens parade float as it moves down the road at an unidentified parade. This photo is focused on the right side of the Doman Industries transport truck hauling the float. The exterior of the truck is decorated with green crepe paper and streamers in various colours, with a large Doman Industries logo mounted above the grille. The front of the parade float can… more
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of the Nanaimo Junior Forest Wardens float as it moves down the road at an unidentified parade. This photo is focused on the parade float itself. The exterior of the float is covered with yellow crepe paper. The decorations visible in this photo include miniature pine trees, sticks, logs, flowers, and a simple tent with attached flagpole. Seven children and youths can be seen standing… more
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of the Nanaimo Junior Forest Wardens float as it moves down the road at an unidentified parade. This photo is focused on the front of the Doman Industries transport truck hauling the float. The exterior of the truck is decorated with green crepe paper, flowers, and multi colored streamers, with a large Doman Industries logo mounted above the grille. Onlookers can be seen milling about the… more
Doman Family Album 2
Photo of the Nanaimo Junior Forest Wardens float as it moves down the road at an unidentified parade. This photo is focused on the parade float itself. The exterior of the float is covered with yellow crepe paper. The decorations visible in this photo include multi colored streamers, miniature pine trees, sticks, logs, a miniature flagpole mounted on a tent, a large JFW signboard, and a figure of… more
Doman Family Album 2
In a rain-soaked parking lot during an unidentified Doman Industries ribbon-cutting ceremony, Doman Industries transport truck no. 788 is driven through a red ribbon suspended between two metal posts, cutting the ribbon in two. The truck is laden with bales of banded lumber. A crowd of onlookers stand in the background. Behind them can be seen parked cars and the facade of a building. ATCO Ltd.,… more
Doman Family Album 2
In a rain-soaked parking lot during an unidentified Doman Industries ribbon-cutting ceremony, Herb Doman stands in front of Doman Industries transport truck no. 788 with two other men. Herb, with his arms crossed in front of him, is shaking hands with both men. Both men wear beige overcoats; the man on the right also wears a matching hat.
Doman Family Album 2
In a rain-soaked parking lot during an unidentified Doman Industries ribbon-cutting ceremony, Herb Doman leans out of the cab of Doman Industries transport truck no. 788. He is shaking hands with a man wearing a beige overcoat and matching hat, who is standing on the ground near the left side of the cab.
Doman Family Album 2
In a rain-soaked parking lot during an unidentified Doman Industries ribbon-cutting ceremony, seven men in mid-conversation stand near Doman Industries transport truck no. 788. Herb Doman can be seen in the middle of the crowd.