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Object Description

Object ID

3428

Title

Russ Brown standing with another man next to a spar tree and a high rigger.

Date

[193-].

Description

Russ Brown standing with another man next to a Spar tree and a high rigger while logging for the Lamb Muber Co.

Photo Inscription/Caption

Myself standing nect to the Spar tree + the high rigger.
Lamb Lumber Co.

People/Subject

Brown, Russell George Earl (Russ)

Russ Brown was born September 20, 1913, to parents William Harvey and Ann Elizabeth Brown (nee Medd). He worked as a logger on Vancouver Island for Lambs Lumber Co. He married Dorothy Denstone in the 1930s when he was employed by Lambs, as the couple received silverware in a large chest with the company name on it. The couple worked on the island as there was no work on the mainland at the time; Dorothy worked in the camp kitchen. When the couple came back to Fort Langley, Russell worked at Reid's Garage with Charlie's son, Don Reid, and also as a commercial fisherman. Russ and Dorothy lived at 9123 Church Street (house is still standing-2005). The couple adopted two girls in 1958, Linda (b.1956) and Denise (b.1958). Russ died August 21, 1994.
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-414/1170)

logging