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Artifact

Peru International Drillers

Description

  • Photograph from a newspaper of a group of International Drillers from the Petrolia, Ontario area who worked in the oil fields at Talara, Peru. 
  • Standing: Wynne Merril, William Henderson, William Braybrook, George Brake, Cliff Hackett, T. Ward, Atwill Drope, Ray Braybrook, Don MacGregor, King Huston, Earl Huston, George Rawlings, Ralph Bennett, Joseph Burns, Jim Dean, Flora (McDonald) Stauft, William White, Bruce Dunlop. 
  • Seated: Scotty Miller, Robert MacGregor, Frank B. Braybrook, George Brown, Joe Wilkie, Jerry Currie, Dalton Hinman, Rom McCort. 

Background Information

  • The photograph was submitted to the newspaper by Flora (McDonald) Stauft, who was a teacher in Talara from 1923 to 1926. 

Map Location

Latitude: 4° 39' 2.462" S
Longitude: 81° 18' 15.865" W

Date

1926

Dimensions

inches
Length:
7.9
Height:
4.5

Events, Places, People

  • Flora McDonald

  • George Rawlings

  • Negritos, Peru

Originating Location

South America›Peru

Subject

  • A group of men in two rows. One row is standing and the other is sitting in chairs. They are wearing suits and are in front of large bushes.

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