Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph, Color |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Catalog Number |
OMC 2022.002.045 gggggg |
Date |
1970s |
Description |
Photograph removed from sticky photograph album compiled by Rawlings Drilling Company of their business. Colour image of equipment and machinery in a workshop. Written on the image: First Shop |
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 |
11.2cm x 8.3cm |
Search Terms |
Machine Machine Shop Machinery Oil & Gas Exploration Rawlings Drilling Company |