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Type Title Date Coordinates Originating Location Description
Artifact
A photo of two rows of people on a wooden deck. The men are standing in the back row, wearing suits. The women are sitting in chairs in the front, wearing dresses and hats.
Drillers and Wives in Egypt
1920 to 1925
Latitude: 27° 15' 29.736" N
Longitude: 33° 48' 14.861" E
Africa
  • Group photograph of the International Drillers and their wives at the Clubhouse in Hurghada, Egypt. 
  • Ross Dyke is third from the left. 
Artifact
A photo of four men dressed in white on the deck of a ship. They are standing in front of a metal column with rivets in it.
On the Way to Egypt
1920
Latitude: 27° 15' 29.736" N
Longitude: 33° 48' 14.861" E
Unknown
  • Four International Drillers stand on the deck of a boat on their way to Egypt. 
  • Second from the left is Ross Dyke. 
Artifact
A photo of two International Drillers standing beside a white house with dark wood along the edges and railing of the porch. They are wearing white pith helmets. One has a white shirt on and the other a dark jacket.
Ross Dyke at Home in Egypt
1920 to 1925
Latitude: 27° 15' 29.736" N
Longitude: 33° 48' 14.861" E
Africa
  • Ross Dyke (left) standing with another unidentified International Driller in front of a house where the drillers would have lived in Egypt. 
Artifact
A group of people stand at the base of an oil rig with a platform at the top. The bottom part of the rig is covered with sheets of metal. There is a pile of casing off to the right side.
Oil Rig in Egypt
1920 to 1925
Latitude: 27° 15' 29.736" N
Longitude: 33° 48' 14.861" E
Africa
  • International Drillers, dressed in white, stand at the base of an oil drilling rig in Hurghada, Egypt. A pile of casing sits next to the derrick. 
Artifact
A photo of three men standing beside an oil rig in a flat field. The bottom portion and machinery are covered with pieces of metal.
Oil Rig in Egypt
1920 to 1925
Latitude: 27° 15' 29.736" N
Longitude: 33° 48' 14.861" E
Africa
  • Three International Drillers stand next to an oil drilling rig in Hurghada, Egypt. 
Artifact
Two women in long dresses standing beside three men in suits and hats. There is a tree behind them and the corner of a stone building is visible.
Visiting Heliopolis, Egypt
1920
Latitude: 30° 7' 19.211" N
Longitude: 31° 18' 44.15" E
Africa
  • Ross Dyke (centre) visiting Heliopolis with Austrian friends. 
Artifact
Four men standing behind three men seated in chairs around a small table. There is a building with brick on the bottom part of the walls, with wood details on the upper parts. The ground is covered in grass.
Drillers in Burma
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 20° 28' 20.636" N
Longitude: 94° 52' 55.25" E
Asia
  • Group of International Drillers outside of a house in Burma (modern Myanmar).
Artifact
A photo of seven International Drillers lined up on horses facing right. They are wearing pith helmets. There is a buildings with large tiles in the background, and a group of palm trees.
International Drillers on Horses in Myanmar
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 20° 28' 20.636" N
Longitude: 94° 52' 55.25" E
Asia
  • A group of International Drillers sit on horses outside the drilling company's clubhouse in Myanmar. 
  • Note reads: "Club House, Race track behind. In the good old days that are gone." 
Artifact
Six International Drillers on horseback. They are wearing pith helmets. A Burmese man stands to their left. There are trees and bushes in the background.
International Drillers on Horses in Myanmar
1913 to 1915
Latitude: 20° 28' 20.636" N
Longitude: 94° 52' 55.25" E
Asia
  • A group of International Drillers sitting on horses in Burma, modern Myanmar. A Burmese man stands to the left. 
Artifact
Harry Phillips stands between a Burmese woman and man in front of the steps of a house on stilts. He is holding a rifle and wearing suspenders. The woman is wearing a long skirt. The man is holding onto a dark horse.
Harry Phillips in Myanmar
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 22° 32' 49.711" N
Longitude: 95° 59' 18.265" E
Asia
  • International Driller Harry Phillips stands, holding a rifle, outside of his bungalow in Singu, Burma (modern Myanmar). A Burmese woman stands next to him, and a Burmese man stands with a horse to the right. 
Artifact
A photo of boats tied up to a dock. There are building materials and metal tracks on the dock. More boats float out in the water behind and there are buildings along the far bank of the water.
Harbourfront at Yangon, Myanmar
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 16° 46' 25.493" N
Longitude: 96° 7' 59.11" E
Asia
  • Panoramic shot taken from the harbour at Rangoon, Burma (modern Yangon, Myanmar). 
  • Several boats are visible in the harbour and equipment sits on the pier for unloading cargo. 
Artifact
A photo of a group of oil storage tanks gathered in a small outfit along the banks of a river and on a hill.
Oil Storage, Myanmar
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 21° 18' 46.238" N
Longitude: 95° 2' 19.054" E
Asia
  • A group of oil storage tanks gathered in a small outfit along the banks of the Ayeyarwady river, in Burma (modern Myanmar). This may possibly be where oil from a field was gathered and loaded onto boats for transportation along the river. 
Artifact
An aerial photograph of a block of buildings with trees throughout. The corner of a moat as well as fortification walls are visible in the background.
Mandalay, Myanmar
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 22° 0' 10.501" N
Longitude: 96° 6' 27.364" E
Asia
  • Aerial view of Mandalay, Burma (modern Myanmar). 
  • A corner of the moat surrounding the Mandalay palace, as well as the fortification walls are visible in the background. 
Artifact
A photo of seven International Drillers, four standing and three seated in chairs. They are wearing suits or dress shirts.
Drillers in Burma (Myanmar)
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 20° 28' 2.37" N
Longitude: 94° 52' 11.492" E
Asia
  • Group shot of the oil drillers in Burma (modern Myanmar), around 1913 to 1916.
  • Front left to right: Kaufner, Jones?, Black, Gillespie, Joe O'Donnell, Anderson, Gibson
Artifact
A photo of three oil storage tanks in front of a number of buildings. The sides of the tanks are made from black panels and the roofs are white.
Oil Storage Tanks in Myanmar
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 20° 28' 2.37" N
Longitude: 94° 52' 11.492" E
Asia
  • Oil storage tank farm in Burma (modern Myanmar)
Artifact
A photo of two rows of police and two rows of rangers in uniform There are three men holding sabres in front of them, ahead of the rows. A fence and line of bushes is in the background.
Borneo Police
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 1° 14' 24.245" S
Longitude: 116° 48' 5.756" E
Asia
  • Members of the Borneo police and rangers stand in ordered groups in a field. 
Artifact
A photo of a group of buildings sitting on an embankment on either side of a sandy road. The buildings on the left and right have tiered roofs.
Town of Yenangyaung, Myanmar
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 20° 28' 20.636" N
Longitude: 94° 52' 55.25" E
Asia
  • Town of Yenangyaung in Burma, (modern Myanmar). 
  • Several houses and other buildings sit on an embankment on either side of a sandy road. 
  • A temple is visible on the right. 
Artifact
A light-coloured two-story building behind a fence with bushes growing through it. There are trees in the background.
Bungalow in Myanmar
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 20° 28' 20.636" N
Longitude: 94° 52' 55.25" E
Asia
  • A bungalow, where the International Drillers lived while working their contracts, sits amongst palm trees in Burma (modern Myanmar). 
Artifact
Three oil rigs on a hill. There is black oil gushing from the rig in the centre.
Oil Gusher in Singu, Myanmar
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 22° 32' 56.99" N
Longitude: 95° 59' 32.633" E
Asia
  • Oil gushes from a rig in the Singu Oil Field, Burma (modern Myanmar). 
Artifact
A billowing black cloud of smoke rising off of a hill. There are a few trees in the background.
Oil Well Fire
1913 to 1916
Latitude: 22° 32' 56.99" N
Longitude: 95° 59' 32.633" E
Asia
  • A large cloud of black smoke rises from an oil well which has caught fire, likely part of the Singu Oil Field in Burma (modern Myanmar).

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