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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: LOG HAULING AT WHITTAKER'S, NORTH DANDALUP MILLS BUSH

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c. 1900

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Overview

Black and white photograph.
Image: Log hauling with whim and horse team'. Features two workers with a team of six horses attached to the whim, pulling the huge log. Further logs can be seen in the background
Reverse: Handwritten on back 'North Dandalup Bush, early 1900's.

Historical information

Whittakers Timber Merchants had established their headquarters in Hay Street (then known as Broome St.) Subiaco in 1896, and were a large source of employment in the district

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.300

Item type

Material

Photographic Materials

Width

205 mm

Height or length

150 mm

Inscriptions and markings

H. Hebb, Midland

Keywords

Year

c. 1900

Statement of significance

Local and regional, shows timber workers at Whittakers North Dandalup Mill
Historic: Social: Rarity:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

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