

Object Name |
Photograph |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1960.041.001 |
Other Number |
FD.004.003.017.p |
Date |
1920 |
Description |
Black and white photograph pasted on a stiff cream colour backboard of three rows of men, all International Drillers, either sitting or standing under a roofed area. A piece of paper taped below the photograph and on the back lists the men in the image. The men were working in Borneo. They are identified as: Bottom row: Charles Olmstead, Ab. Haley, Steve Guerin, Fred Webb, George York, Charles McAlpine, Lorence McMillan, Jim Brooks. Second row: Jay Zimmer, Gerly Norman, George Randall, Joe Patterson, Alf Brownlee, Roy Fourtney, Alf Webb. Back row: Stuart Nisbet, John Craig, Jack Blake, Alf Foin, Bill Gillespie, Norman ?, Jim Nisbet. |
Provenance |
The names were given by Jim Brooks, a man in the photograph as stated in the note on the back of the photo, so the photo may have come from him. |
Print Size |
20.4cm x 15.2cm |
Search Terms |
International Drillers Sarawak Borneo White Muslin Suit Group Photo Pith Helmet |
People |
Blake, Jake Brooks, James Brownlee, Alf Craig, John Foien, Alf. Fortney, Roy Gillespie, William Guerin, Steve Haley, Albert MacAlpine, Charles McMillan, Lawrence Nisbet, James Nisbet, Stuart Norman, Gerly Norman, P.J. Olmstead, Charles Patterson, Joe Randall, George Randell, George Ransom Urig, Lewis Webb, Alf Webb, Fred Wykoff, Dave York, George Zimmer, Jay |
Place |
Borneo |