Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph, Black-and-White |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 1994.016 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1994.016.013 |
Description |
Black and white cabinet photograph in sepia tone of ten men working inside of the Oil Well Supply Company Blacksmith Shop. In this picture three of the men have hammers that have been raised as if they were about to strike a hot piece of metal. Three of the men are bending over different tables in the blacksmith shop and two of the men are dressed in nice work suits with top hats supervising the workers. -Copy of the above in grey scale. |
Provenance |
The Oil Well Supply Company, which continues to operate today on Robert Street in Petrolia, was formed when Hector McKenzie and James Joyce amalgamated their machine shops in 1890. As the oil industry grew, The Oil Well Supply Company developed and perfected the tools for drilling and pumping oil wells, including the Canadian pole-tool drilling rig. As the local oil men began to travel to open oil fields all over the world, they placed their orders for their drilling equipment with the Oil Well Supply Company. As a result, the manufacturer in Petrolia began shipping their tools and equipment to Austria, Russia, Sumatra, Java, Egypt, Persia, and anywhere else the Lambton oil men could be found |
Print Size |
20.5cm x 15.4cm |
Search Terms |
Blacksmith Shop Equipment Forge Hammer Men Oil Well Supply Co. Tools Work |
Place |
Oil Well Supply Company Blacksmith Shop |