Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC FD |
Catalog Number |
OMC FD.004.001.020.p |
Description |
Black and white cabinet photograph in a sepia tone taken in Borneo of a large group of International Drillers and wives and one child. Two rows are sitting and two rows are standing with a reed structure behind them. The men are mostly wearing white shirts and black ties and the women are wearing white dresses. They are not identified but some of the men can be identified using similar photos which may not be correct. Front row, seated: 5. Fred Zimmer, 9. Alf Webb. The child is sitting in front of Fred Zimmer. Third row, standing: 2. Steve Guerin, 11. Fred Webb Fourth row, standing: 6. Alf Foien, 7. William Gillespie The photograph was in a frame of a collage of 16 photographs. |
Provenance |
Many Lambton and area drillers brought in the first oil wells in South East Asia. |
Print Size |
19cm x 11.2cm |
Search Terms |
Borneo Child Gathering Group Photograph International Driller's Wife International Drillers South East Asia |
People |
Foien, Alf. Gillespie, William Guerin, Steve Webb, Alf Webb, Fred Zimmer, Fred |
Place |
Borneo |