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Subject Oil wells

1. Add MS 70650 A(327)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(327)
Title:
Early oil derricks, Masjid-i-Sulaiman [Masjed Soleyman]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 70650 A(328)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(328)
Title:
[Oil field camp,] Masjid-i-Sulaiman [Masjed Soleyman]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View from hillside looking down onto buildings and tents.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 70659 A(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70659 A(7)
Title:
Early years in oilfields, S. Persia. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View of oilfield area, probably at Masjed Soleyman, with oil being burnt off.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1912
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 70659 A(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70659 A(8)
Title:
Early years in oilfields, S. Persia. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Similar view to print 7, showing oil being burnt off, probably at Masjed Soleyman.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1912
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 70659 A(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70659 A(9)
Title:
Early years in oilfields, S. Persia. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of oil being burnt off, probably at Masjed Soleyman.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1912
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 70659 A(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70659 A(14)
Title:
[Snapshot of an oilwell gushing, probably at Masjed Soleyman]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1912
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 70659 A(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70659 A(16)
Title:
Early oil derrick. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1912
Extent:
1 item

8. Add Or 5755

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5755
Title:
Oil millers extracting oil from well with bullocks
Scope & Content:
Oil millers extracting oil from well with bullocks. Inscribed: 'Waniyen Oil Millers.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

9. Godwin Photo 9/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 9/1(23)
Title:
Conoco's Pentagone 82 drilling rig. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1975
Extent:
1 item

10. Godwin Photo 9/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 9/1(24)
Title:
Conoco Rig: making a connection. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1975
Extent:
1 item

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