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Type Title Date Coordinates Originating Location Description
Story John Growder 1870 to 1939 Latitude: 33° 15' 51.624" N
Longitude: 72° 27' 39.848" E
India

International drillers sent many exotic gifts back to their families in Canada, but what John Growder sent his brother in 1906 may have been among the most unexpected - 25 water buffalo skulls, a bear

Artifact
William McRae and another driller in white suits standing with a local family in front of three stretched tiger skins.
Some of My Tiger Skins
1889 to 1915
Latitude: 7° 16' 57.832" S
Longitude: 112° 47' 23.32" E
Asia
  • International Driller William McRae and three unidentified men, and some local women and children, standing in front of three tiger skins.
Artifact
William McRae standing with two men, all in white suits, in front of three stretched tiger skins.
Some of My Skins
1889 to 1915
Latitude: 7° 16' 57.832" S
Longitude: 112° 47' 23.32" E
Asia
  • International Driller William McRae and two other men holding rifles and standing in front of three tiger skins which are hanging on a drying rack in Sumatra. 
Artifact
Oval portrait shot of William McRae in a white suit and panama hat.
Portrait of William McRae
1889 to 1915
Latitude: 5° 56' 3.797" S
Longitude: 106° 3' 9.493" E
North America
  • Oval photograph of International Driller William McRae wearing a white suit and hat. 
Artifact
William McRae sitting in a car with a local man at the wheel. Another man stands to the side.
McRae in Automobile
1900 to 1911
Latitude: 5° 56' 3.797" S
Longitude: 106° 3' 9.493" E
Asia
  • Photograph of International Driller William McRae sitting in an automobile with an unidentified man driving. Another man is standing beside the car. 
Artifact
William McRae sitting in a white suit and pith helmet, surrounded by a group of locals under an awning.
Malay Wedding
1900 to 1920
Latitude: 7° 16' 57.832" S
Longitude: 112° 47' 23.32" E
Asia
  • Photograph of William McRae sitting with children around him at a Malay wedding in Sumatra. 
  • Text written on back: Malay Wedding. Woman to my right is the (bright candy?) of the village. 
Artifact
Two men leading an ox, pulling eight-inch pipe. William McRae is standing in a white suit to the right. Behind them are piles of piping.
Transporting 8" Pipe
1900 to 1920
Latitude: 7° 16' 57.832" S
Longitude: 112° 47' 23.32" E
Asia
  • Photograph of two workers leading an ox with William McRae on the far right in a white suit. 
  • Ox is being used to transport eight-inch pipe in Sumatra for the Dutch East India Oil Company. 
Artifact
Front of postcard showing William McRae holding a rifle with a dead elephant and six local hunters.
A Petrolea Driller and Hunter at Sumatra
1921
Latitude: 7° 16' 57.832" S
Longitude: 112° 47' 23.32" E
  • Postcard showing International Driller William McRae and several local men and children holding rifles and standing beside a dead elephant which has its trunk cut off.
Artifact
Group of local labourers living up to the left to receive payment from William McRae who is sitting at a desk in front of a hut.
Pay Day
1900 to 1920
Latitude: 7° 16' 57.832" S
Longitude: 112° 47' 23.32" E
Asia
  • Photograph of William McRae, in front of a hut, paying workers in Sumatra. 
  • McRae is weating a white suit and pith helmet. 
Artifact
William McRae standing in a white suit and panama hat. Photograph is placed in a brown matte.
William McRae
1900 to 1920
Latitude: 6° 54' 57.928" S
Longitude: 107° 36' 31.075" E
Asia
  • Photograph of William McRae wearing a white suit and panama hat, and holding a cane. 
  • Taken in Bandoeng, Java. 
Artifact
William McRae standing in the jungle with a woman and two native children. Felled trees occupy the foreground and a roughly built structure of timbers appears in the back.
With the Dutch East India Oil Company
1911
Latitude: 5° 56' 3.797" S
Longitude: 106° 3' 9.493" E
Asia
  • Photograph of International Driller William McRae with his wife and two local children in a jungle area of Java. 
Artifact
William McRae and William McEwen being pulled in a rickshaw by a local boy. They are wearing white suits and pith helmets.
Petrolia Drillers in Singapore
1900 to 1920
Latitude: 1° 17' 12.7" N
Longitude: 103° 51' 10.048" E
Asia
  • Postcard showing William McRae and William McEwen in a rickshaw being pulled by a young man.  
Artifact
Envelope addressed to William McRae in the Dutch East Indies. It reads: "W.W. McRAE, Esq. Care of Royal Dutch Oil Co. PLADJOE, SUMATRA, Dutch East Indies."
Envelope Addressed to William McRae
1900 to 1920
Latitude: 2° 59' 59.251" S
Longitude: 104° 49' 24.618" E
Asia
  • Envelope addressed to W.W. McRae, Esq. Care or Royal Dutch Oil Co. Pladjoe, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. 
Artifact
Mrs. McRae wearing a white dress, standing in the jungle with two native children in the background.
Mrs. McRae
1911
Latitude: 5° 56' 3.797" S
Longitude: 106° 3' 9.493" E
Asia
  • Photograph of Mrs. McRae, wife of International Driller William McRae, and two local children standing in the woods. 
  • Picture taken in the Dutch East Indies (modern South East Asia), in either Java or Sumatra. 
Artifact
Front of a postcard showing the backs of three women in traditional dress.
A Rear View
1915
Latitude: 14° 35' 28.838" N
Longitude: 120° 57' 33.394" E
Asia
  • Front of postcard shows three women in traditional dress with their backs facing the camera. 
  • Back reads: "Greetings from Manila. Father."
Artifact
Front of a postcard showing three identical wooden buildings with two peaks in the roof. There is a line of carts in front of them. There are people walking around in an open space and a man is carrying two baskets connected by a pole on his shoulder.
Public Market - Manila, Philippines
1915
Latitude: 14° 35' 28.838" N
Longitude: 120° 57' 33.394" E
Asia
  • Postcard showing a public market scene in Manila, Philippines.
  • A long line of parked horses and carriages can be seen next to the market. 
  • Back reads: "Love to all. Father."
Artifact
Front of a postcard showing two school-girls in fancy dresses standing on either side of a spiky shrub with trees in the background. The hems of the dresses touch the ground and the girls are wearing see-through coverings on their shoulders. Their hair is parted and tied back.
School Girls in the Philippines
1915
Latitude: 14° 35' 28.838" N
Longitude: 120° 57' 33.394" E
Asia
  • Postcard showing two school girls in the Philippines. 
  • Back reads: "Love to all. Will write on ship. Sail for Hong Kong today. Will." 
Artifact
The front of a postcard. It features a sketch of a street and three buildings including a "Medical Hall." There is a fountain with three trees around in and a number of carts and a car in the street. It reads: "Singapore. Battery Road."
Battery Road, Singapore
1915
Latitude: 1° 17' 12.7" N
Longitude: 103° 51' 10.048" E
Asia
  • Postcard showing a sketch of Battery Road, Singapore. 
  • Back reads: "Greetings from Singapore, Father." 
Artifact
The front of a horn-carved knife. The handle is carved to resemble a warrior head and there is a notch in the blunt blade.
Horn-Carved Knife
1900 to 1920
Latitude: 5° 56' 3.797" S
Longitude: 106° 3' 9.493" E
Unknown
  • Knife carved from a horn
  • Knife blade is carved and blunt, with a notch. 
  • Handle is carved to resemble a warrior's head.
Artifact
Front of ivory-carved spoon. The handle is carved and resembles a sitting figure.
Ivory-Carved Spoon
1900 to 1920
Latitude: 5° 56' 3.797" S
Longitude: 106° 3' 9.493" E
Asia
  • Carved ivory spoon 
  • Handle is carved to resemble a sitting figure.

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