Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph, Black-and-White |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 2008.019 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 2008.019.014 |
Date |
1920s |
Description |
Black and white photograph of a group of camels following a man riding a camel. One man is on foot in front of the procession. The landscape is barren. Written on the back: "Camels on march. Follows Arab where ever he goes." |
Provenance |
The donor's grandfather, William Kennedy Kay, a resident of Oil Springs, was an International Driller in Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Venezuela in the 1920s. |
Print Size |
8.3cm x 5.9cm |
Search Terms |
Arab Camels Foreign Drillers International Driller Mesopotamia Photograph Travel |
People |
Kay, William |
Place |
Mesopotamia/Iraq |