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Type Title Date Coordinates Originating Location Description
Artifact
A brown snake skin with dark brown dots in the middle of it. The skin has been rolled up.
Anaconda Skin
1922 to 1923
Latitude: 9° 24' 23.537" N
Longitude: 61° 21' 45.284" W
South America
  • Skin of an anaconda snake, which measures about 30ft long, from the Orinoco River Delta in Venezuela. 
Artifact
Set of two bamboo vases, shown from the front. The vases are yellow in colour and have cut tops. The vases are decorated with a swirling pattern which has been burned into the bamboo, with "Trinidad" written along the bottom.
Set of Bamboo Vases
1900 to 1950
Latitude: 10° 40' 3.677" N
Longitude: 61° 31' 15.164" W
North America
  • Set of two vases made from bamboo stalks.
  • The vases are yellow in colour and have cut tops. 
  • The vases are decorated with a swirling pattern which has been burned into the bamboo, with "Trinidad" written along the bottom.
Artifact
A metal dagger with a wavy blade and a carved wooden handle, pointing to the right.
Malayan Kris Knife and Sheath
1899
Latitude: 2° 59' 59.251" S
Longitude: 104° 49' 24.618" E
Asia
  • Poisonous dagger in a wooden sheath.
  • Wooden handle of the dagger is intricately carved.
  • Wavy blade is created by alternating layers of different types of metals, giving the blade a swirling pattern. 
  • Blade has a wide, asymmetrical base.
Artifact
A metal knife with a wooden sheath. The knife has a wooden handle with detailing on the underside. The sheath has two colours of wood - almost bone-coloured where the blade would sit and light brown at the top.
Malayan Kris Knife and Sheath
1899
Latitude: 2° 59' 59.251" S
Longitude: 104° 49' 24.618" E
Asia
  • Poisonous dagger in a wooden sheath.
  • Wooden handle of the dagger is carved and curved and has an ornamental piece of metal at the attachment to the blade. 
  • Wooden handle is has intricate carvings on the underside.
Artifact
A metal dagger with a wavy, rusted blade that has a hole in it. The wooden handle is curved and carved.
Malayan Kris Knife
1899
Latitude: 7° 16' 57.832" S
Longitude: 112° 47' 23.32" E
Asia
  • Knife blade is wavy with a wide, asymmetrical base. The blade is very rusty with a hole near the base. 
  • The handle is carved from a dark wood. 
Artifact
A double-edged knife with a smooth, dark wooden handle. The blade of the knife has three grooves running down its length. The leather sheath has decorations along the front and a twisted rope handle. The tip of the sheath is coated in a light material.
Poison Knife and Sheath
1915
Latitude: 1° 15' 48.269" S
Longitude: 116° 49' 59.466" E
Asia
  • Double-edged knife with a smooth, dark wooden handle. 

  • The blade of the knife has three grooves running the length of the blade. 

  • Leather sheath has decorations along the front with a twisted rope handle. 
Artifact
A light brown wooden sheath with three decorative iron bands. The one closest to the handle is wider than the two farther down the sheath.
Knife Sheath
1916
Latitude: 27° 37' 59.999" N
Longitude: 33° 46' 59.999" E
Africa
  • Wooden knife sheath made of honey-coloured wood, with three decorative bands of iron.
Artifact
The painted side of a sawfish snout. It is blue and brown. It has thirty-three teeth along the edges.
Sawfish Snout
1914 to 1916
Latitude: 33° 17' 30.998" S
Longitude: 151° 2' 6.821" E
Australia
  • Snout, or "rostrum", of a sawfish with 33 teeth.
  • The top of the snout is painted blue with a small picture depicting two men in a boat with a fishing spear. 
Artifact
A metal knife inside a brown leather sheath. The sheath has rows of braided green leather adorning the top pocket, and a leather fringe at the bottom end. There is decorative stitching on the sheath.
Knife and Sheath
1914
Latitude: 20° 3' 50.472" S
Longitude: 46° 15' 47.416" E
Africa
  • Brown leather sheath with tooled leather and decoratively stitched. 
  • Sheath has rows of braided green leather which adorn the top pocket, and a leather fringe at the bottom end. 
  • Two leather loops on the back to attach to a belt. 
Story Fred Edward 1879 to 1970 Latitude: 16° 4' 45.138" N
Longitude: 91° 18' 34.103" W
Mexico

Fred Edward was born into oil work. His father, A.C. Edward, was a Scottish immigrant to Petrolia and split his time between working for the British Oil Company and managing several wells on his own land.
Artifact
A baseball team. Half the men are standing and half are sitting. Most are wearing white t-shirts. They are in front of a group of trees and a building. There are three baseball bats set up like a tripod in front of them with a ball resting on top. Some other equipment is also in front of them.
Baseball Team
1923
Latitude: 1° 15' 48.269" S
Longitude: 116° 49' 59.466" E
Asia
  • A baseball team put together by the International Drillers in Borneo, in 1923. 
Story Robert Heal 1893 to 1977 Latitude: 31° 56' 13.823" N
Longitude: 49° 18' 5.335" E
Iran

Robert Heal grew up on oil fields. “A drilling rig stood between the house and the barn.
Story James McCrie 1881 to 1912 Latitude: 41° 43' 57" N
Longitude: 49° 56' 49.038" W
Egypt

Not all International Drillers returned home to Lambton County. For James McCrie it wasn’t the harsh working conditions, deadly diseases, or dangers of war that signalled his end, McCrie was one of the 1,519 people who died aboard the HMS Titanic.
Artifact
A brick building with birdcages hanging from the top of the windows and along ropes strung across to the next building. There is a group of people outside. Signs on the store front advertise "Trading - Seward's Menagerie" and the animals they sell.
Seward's Trading Menagerie
1909 to 1926
Latitude: 51° 30' 27.738" N
Longitude: 0° 7' 59.462" W
Europe
  • Seward's Trading Menagerie, a shop in England which imported "wild beasts, birds, and reptiles, all varieties of pet and sporting dogs".  
Artifact
A crude oil dipping machine on a cart with four wheels being pulled by a horse. There are three main poles and a support pole running down towards the horse.
Crude Oil Dipping Machine
1911 to 1920
Latitude: 42° 54' 25.747" N
Longitude: 82° 10' 4.663" W
North America
  • A crude oil dipping machine shown unfolded for use. 
  • The machine is being pulled into place by a horse.
Artifact
A horse pulling a cart with four wheels. There is a wooden beam sticking out over an open wooden frame that has a metal barrel resting in it.
Crude Oil Dipping Machine
1911 to 1920
Latitude: 42° 54' 25.747" N
Longitude: 82° 10' 4.663" W
North America
  • A crude oil dipping machine shown folded up for transportation. 
  • The machine is being pulled into place by a horse. 
Story Henry Gregory 1871 to 1959 Latitude: 6° 36' 11.376" N
Longitude: 4° 29' 20.468" E
Africa

Gregory worked his way up from a scaffold boy, to a labourer on production and drilling crews, to eventually becoming a producer of oil dipping equipment.
Artifact
A postcard depicting a small bay with light blue water. There is a boat with two masts sailing in the water and a number of boats tied along docks. There are buildings close to the edge of the water. The postcard says "Babia de Santa Ana, Curacao".
Bay of Santa Ana, Curaçao
1924 to 1927
Latitude: 12° 6' 45.67" N
Longitude: 68° 55' 55.11" W
North America
  • Postcard showing the Bay of Santa Ana, Curaçao.
Artifact
A postcard showing the entrance to a harbour.. There are boats docked along the edge of the light blue water. A group of people is standing on a hill looking at the boats. There are buildings very close to the edge of the water.
Port of Curaçao
1924 to 1927
Latitude: 12° 6' 34.038" N
Longitude: 68° 55' 59.203" W
North America
  • Postcard showing the Port of Curaçao with a group of people standing on a ridge overlooking the port. 
Artifact
A photo of a refinery. There are four storage tanks in the foreground and a larger one to the left. There are a number of buildings and a series of pipes running between them. There is a lake and hills in the background.
Refinery in Curaçao
1927
Latitude: 12° 8' 4.668" N
Longitude: 68° 55' 59.822" W
North America
  • Refinery in Curaçao, Dutch West Indies (modern Caribbean).
  • It was the second largest refinery in the world at the time. 

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