Sikh men

Certificate from the Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver, which was presented to Gurdev Singh Aulakh on the Khalsa Diwan Society's 90th Anniversary. The certificate was presented to Aulak to honor the recipient of being part of the first generation of Sikhs born in Canada. This certificate was issued on September 29, 1996, with the signatures of the co-ordinator and president of the society.

Photo of two Sikh men on the timber deck at Mayo Lumber Mill in Paldi, B.C. The photo was taken around 1941-1942. It depicts two Sikh men standing on the timber deck using their tools to handle the timber.

Photo of Bhai Balwant Singh Atwal.

Photo of a Sikh man. Item is a photo of a photo of a passport page.

Photo of a Sikh man sitting near a bed holding a child.

Group photo of workers at Kapoor Lumber Company, Sooke Lake.

Group photo of the "donkey" crew on Hill 60, Kapoor Lumber Company, Sooke Lake. South Asian-owned Kapoor Lumber Company at Sooke Lake was notorious for paying lower wages to its Asian workers. For this reason it was a target for union organizing in the 1940s

Portrait of a Sikh millworker at the Fraser Mills. Fraser Mills (Canadian Western Lumber Company) was a vast lumber plant on the north shore of the Fraser River, in what was then the Francophone community of Maillardville – now a suburb of Coquitlam.

Group photo of lumber mills workers at the Fraser Mills. Fraser Mills (Canadian Western Lumber Company) was a vast lumber plant on the north shore of the Fraser River, in what was then the Francophone community of Maillardville – now a suburb of Coquitlam.

Photo of lumber miill workers at the Fraser Mills. Fraser Mills (Canadian Western Lumber Company) was a vast lumber plant on the north shore of the Fraser River, in what was then the Francophone community of Maillardville – now a suburb of Coquitlam.