Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph, Black-and-White |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 1960.227 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1960.227.002 |
Other Number |
EC.001.003.001.p |
Title |
Bill Roberts |
Photographer |
Louis James Pesha |
Date |
1895 |
Description |
Sepia photograph on a cabinet card of a steam engine driven by bill Roberts. The steam engine is photographed in an oilfield with jerker-lines and three-pole derricks. Three men are looking on at the left of the steam engine. The men are all wearing work clothes and wide brimmed hats. Stamped on the back: From Louis Pesha's Art Studio, Oil Springs, Ont. All negatives retained. Duplicate orders promptly attended to. Branch galleries in Brigden & Alvinston. |
Provenance |
Louis Pesha photograph taken in 1895. |
Print Size |
19.2cm x 12cm |
Search Terms |
Derrick Hat, Straw Jerker-line Oil Field Oil Springs Steam Engine |
People |
Roberts, Bill |
Place |
Oil Springs, Ontario |