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Type Title Date Coordinates Originating Location Description
Artifact
A printed visa featuring the coat of arms of the United Kingdom at the top and the Lansdowne coat of arms at the bottom. There are six orange stamps in the top right corner.
Visa to Persia (Iran)
1905
Latitude: 51° 30' 9.5" N
Longitude: 0° 7' 39.623" W
Europe
  • Visa granted to Duncan McIntyre, allowing him to travel as a British Subject to Persia (modern Iran). 
Story Charlotte Koyden 1900 to 1990 Latitude: 6° 27' 8.237" S
Longitude: 143° 13' 13.004" E
Europe

Charlotte Koyden met her husband, Earl Koyden, at a dance when she was just 15 years old. She remembered thinking that "he was so tall, good-looking and exciting", and after their marriage about two years later, Charlotte Koyden would herself be a part of the excitement.
Story Duncan McIntyre 1869 to 1960 Latitude: 20° 25' 47.363" N
Longitude: 94° 55' 3.313" E
Iran

A certain toughness was bred into Duncan McIntyre from an early age. Born in Scotland, his parents immigrated to the United States, but after encountering extreme poverty the family was force to split up from their children and Duncan came to Lambton County.
Story Ross Dyke's Letters 1920 to 1925 Latitude: 27° 15' 16.124" N
Longitude: 33° 48' 33.034" E
Egypt

Ross Dyke drilled for oil in Egypt between 1920 and 1925.
Story Ross Dyke 1881 to 1933 Latitude: 27° 15' 29.736" N
Longitude: 33° 48' 14.861" E
Egypt

Ross Dyke was originally from Forest, Ontario and learned the drilling trade in Lambton County before moving onto fields near Leamington and in Haldimand County. Ross Dyke's dream, however, was to own and operate his own farm in Lambton County.
Artifact
A photo of a metal derrick that has fallen over on top of a structure with a metal roof and siding. A group of people are standing in front of it looking at the damage. There are metal cylinders and casing in the foreground.
Crumpled Derrick
1921 to 1923
Latitude: 32° 41' 31.891" N
Longitude: 47° 16' 0.127" E
Asia
  • A steel derrick has crumpled over likely due to overload. A group of International Drillers gathers to inspect the damage. 
Artifact
A photo of an International Driller wearing a white shirt, standing next to ten local workers wearing hats.
Drilling Crew in Persia (Iran)
1921 to 1923
Latitude: 30° 20' 56.098" N
Longitude: 50° 47' 57.581" E
Asia
  • International Driller Ernest Kells (right) standing with his crew of local Persian workers at the Gach-e-Garaguli oil field in Persia (modern Iran). 
Artifact
Three International Drillers wearing work clothes and hats, standing in front of an oil derrick with a roof made from metal sheeting. There are dirt hills in the background.
International Drillers in Mesopotamia (Iraq)
1921 to 1923
Latitude: 34° 22' 29.719" N
Longitude: 45° 22' 57.846" E
Asia
  • Three International Drillers stand next to an oil derrick at "Maidan-i-Bibean". 
  • Pictured centre is Ernest Kells. 
Artifact
An oil derrick covered in metal siding. There is mechanical equipment on the right. The ground is flat dirt and there is a hill in the background.
Oil Derrick at Chiah Surkh, Iraq
1921 to 1923
Latitude: 34° 22' 40.238" N
Longitude: 45° 22' 39.706" E
Asia
  • Steel oil derrick constructed in the desert with some of the mechanical equipment visible, at the oil field of Chiah Surkh, Iraq. 
Artifact
An oil derrick covered halfway up in metal siding. There is mechanical equipment on the right. The ground is flat dirt and there is a hill in the background. The photographer's shadow is at the front of the photo.
Oil Derrick at Chiah Surkh, Iraq
1921 to 1923
Latitude: 34° 22' 40.238" N
Longitude: 45° 22' 39.706" E
Asia
  • Steel derrick built in the desert, with walking beam visible, at Chiah Surkh, an oil field in Iraq near the Iranian border. 
Artifact
A photo of five International Drillers standing at the base of an oil derrick. They are wearing suits and hats.
International Drillers in Persia (Iran)
1922
Latitude: 32° 41' 31.891" N
Longitude: 47° 16' 0.127" E
Asia
  • A group of five Internaitonal Drillers stand at the base of a steel oil derrick in Dehloran, Persia (modern Iran). 
  • From the right: King Houston, Ernest Kells. 
Artifact
Seven International Drillers sitting on a stone ledge. There are two people in the background with a car.
International Drillers in Persia (Iran)
1922
Latitude: 32° 41' 31.891" N
Longitude: 47° 16' 0.127" E
Asia
  • A group of seven International Drillers posing in Persia (modern Iran). 

  • Back row, left: Ernest Kells; right: King Houston. 
Artifact
An oil derrick with four poles. The pole on the right is bent out of shape. There are three men on the top of the derrick and another climbing towards the, There is a group of men at the bottom of the rig, and part of the rig is covered in dark cloth.
Bent Derrick
1922 to 1923
Latitude: 34° 22' 29.719" N
Longitude: 45° 22' 57.846" E
Asia
  • A steel derrick has crumpled on one side due to overload. A group of three men stand at the top to carry out repairs while another man climbs up the side. 

  • The location is unknown, but is either Dehloran, Iran or Naft Khana, Iraq. 
Artifact
A metal oil rig. The base is covered in dark cloth. There is a roof over the wheels and belts beside the rig. There is casing on the ground in front of the rig and a bare hill in the background.
Oil Rig, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
1923
Latitude: 34° 22' 29.719" N
Longitude: 45° 22' 57.846" E
Asia
  • A steel oil derrick stands in the barren landscape of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq).
  • Dark cloth has been draped over the base of the derrick to offer shade for the workers inside. 
Artifact
Thick dark smoke coming off of an oil well. There is a group of people off to the side and equipment in the foreground. There are hills in the background.
Oil Well Fire, Iraq
1923
Latitude: 34° 22' 29.719" N
Longitude: 45° 22' 57.846" E
Asia
  • Smoke billows from an oil well which has caught fire at the Naft Khana oil field in Iraq. This will likely be detrimental to this well. 

  • Three steam boilers sit in the foreground waiting for use. 
Artifact
A photo of a man wearing a dark suit standing behind a baby donkey. An adult donkey stands to the left. There is an oil rig with metal and wood supports behind them.
Vim Bennet with Donkeys
1923
Latitude: 32° 41' 31.891" N
Longitude: 47° 16' 0.127" E
Asia
  • International Driller Vim Bennet poses with a donkey and a baby donkey in front of an oil rig in Persia (modern Iran). 
Artifact
A metal oil rig. There are men standing around it and near a car. There are metal cylinders in the foreground and a tent on either side of the rig. There is a cylindrical steam boiler behind the rig. There are hills in the background.
Oil Rig, Persia (Iran)
1923
Latitude: 32° 41' 31.891" N
Longitude: 47° 16' 0.127" E
Asia
  • A steel oil derrick on top of a ridge in the desert, with an International Driller standing on the derrick. 
  • A steam boiler is visible to the left of the derrick which provides power to the drilling mechanism. 
Artifact
Ernest Kells wearing a white t-shirt and dark pants. He is resting his hand just above the wheel of a car and is standing in front of a building.
Ernest Kells in Persia (Iran)
1922
Latitude: 32° 41' 31.891" N
Longitude: 47° 16' 0.127" E
Asia
  • Ernest Kells stands against an automobile, while smoking a cigarette outside of a house in Persia (modern Iran). 
Artifact
Five International Drillers standing at the base of a metal oil right, wearing dark suits and hats. There are men working on the lowest crossbeam. There are hills in the background.
Drillers in Persia (Iran)
1922
Latitude: 32° 41' 31.891" N
Longitude: 47° 16' 0.127" E
Asia
  • A group of five International Drillers stand at the base of a steel oil derrick at Dehloran, Persia (modern Iran). 
Artifact
Six men standing and eight men sitting in front of a stone building with a set of wooden doors that are open.
Drilling Crew in Egypt
1910 to 1914
Latitude: 27° 57' 32.04" N
Longitude: 32° 57' 42.134" E
Africa
  • Five International Drillers are grouped with their drilling crew consisting of local Egyptian workers, in front of what appears to be the base of a drilling rig. 

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