Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph, Color |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Catalog Number |
OMC 2022.002.045 eeee |
Description |
Photograph removed from sticky photograph album compiled by Rawlings Drilling Company of their business. Colour image of a burned up trailer in a field. In blue ink on the bottom border is: Burned out dog house. The dog house is a small enclosure on the drilling rig floor which the driller uses as an office. |
Provenance |
Photo taken of the donor's husband, Stewart Rawlings's family drilling business from Chatham, ON, Rawlings Drilling Company Ltd. David "Stewart" Rawlings is the grandson of International Driller, George Rawlings. After 26 years working internationally, George returned and joined his father-in-law in 1932, Mr. Stover, in his drilling business, Stover Drilling Co. in the Chatham area. After the death of Mr. Stover it became the Rawlings Drilling Co. Stewart and his father, Frank, followed in the family business. |
Print Size |
8.9cm x 8.9cm |
Search Terms |
Dog House Drilling Rig Oil & Gas Exploration Oil Drilling Site Oil Equipment Oil Industry Rawlings Drilling Company |