Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Photograph, Color |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 2022.002 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 2022.002.045 qqqq |
Description |
Photograph removed from sticky photograph album compiled by Rawlings Drilling Company of their business. Colour image of a drilling rig with fluid spewing upwards experiencing a blowout. |
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 |
10.7cm x 8.6cm |
Search Terms |
Blowout Drilling Rig Oil & Gas Exploration Oil Equipment Rawlings Drilling Company |