Early oil derricks, Masjid-i-Sulaiman [Masjed Soleyman]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Industrial Photography General view of an oil well drilling rig in the leading oil fields of south-west Iran. Oil was first struck in the district in 1908.
Genre: Industrial Photography Snapshot view looking across a river (with a pontoon bridge and car in foreground) towards a distant oil derrick, probably at Masjed Soleyman.
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'Forties Field / 28 / 625 [crossed out] 650' [copyright stamp]. Genre: Aerial Photography View of the rig taken from the air, with a ship circling it on the left. Published on page 37 of ‘The Oil Rush’ (London: Quartet Books, 1976).
Conoco Rig: making a connection. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '2370-3-32 /5 3 9'. Genre: Industrial Photography Four men, wearing overalls and hardhats, stand on the drilling floor and ease a vertical shaft into the ground. Published on page 46 of ‘The Oil Rush’ (London: Quartet Books, 1976).
Conoco rig: Making a connection. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '2370-5-38' [copyright stamp]. Genre: Industrial Photography Four men, all wearing overalls and hardhats, stand on the drilling floor: one man holds onto the vertical shaft, a second man has his back to the camera and is pulling a winch, whilst the remaining tw...