Drilling Collection (#8)

Digger trucks, excavator, and man drilling hole in ground using pneumatic drill and compressor

Illustration of seed drilling showing coulter cutting groove in tilth into which the seed falls

COLORADO: MINER, 1940. Gold miners participating in a drilling contest on Labor Day in Silverton, Colorado. Photograph by Russell Lee, 1940

COLORADO: MINER, 1940. A gold miner participating in a drilling contest on Labor Day in Silverton, Colorado. Photograph by Russell Lee, 1940

OKLAHOMA: OIL WELL, c1944. Wildcat oil drillers, independent of an oil company, using tools called tongs that are clamped on the drill to unscrew the stem

TEXAS: OIL WELL, 1939. Workers cleaning off the rotary table with water at a oil well in Kilgore, Texas. Photograph by Russell Lee, April 1939

TEXAS: OIL WELL, 1939. A slush pit from an oil well in Kilgore, Texas. Photograph by Russell Lee, April 1939

TEXAS: OIL WORKER, 1939. Oil well worker controlling a portable winch to raise a drill pipe from a hole at Kilgore, Texas. Photograph by Russell Lee, April 1939

CALIFORNIA OIL WELLS, 1920s. Oil wells on Signal Hill, Long Beach, California, photographed in the years following the first oil strike there in 1921

OIL WELL, c1920. Shooting a new oil well with nitroglycerin in Pennsylvania, c1920

TITUSVILLE OIL WELL, 1859. The first oil well drilled at Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859 by Edwin L. Drake (top hat)

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The Livingstone Expedition: 1. Drilling Nasik Boys at Zanzibar; 2. H.H. Sayid Bergash, Sultan of Zanzibar; 3. Sayid Suliman, Grand Vizier; 4

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The Ceylon Pearl Fishery, Drilling Holes in the Pearls

Woman countersinking detonator tube hole and filling hole in hand grenade at Westinghouse
XOS909418 Woman countersinking detonator tube hole and filling hole in hand grenade at Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. East Pittsburgh, Pa

Corporal Cartouch teaching Miss Camp-Love her Manual Exercise, 1778 (oil
XCF875831 Corporal Cartouch teaching Miss Camp-Love her Manual Exercise, 1778 (oil on canvas) by Collet, John (c.1725-80); The Guards Museum, London

FORTH BRIDGE RAILWAY, Machinery for Drilling the Steel Tubes of which the Bridge is to be Constructed. 2. View from the North Shore, Looking South. 3 A Caisson on Launchway, at Low Water, 4

The Civil War in Spain: Drilling Republican Troops for Guerilla Warfare in the North: 1
THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN: DRILLING REPUBLICAN TROOPS FOR GUERILLA WARFARE IN THE NORTH: 1. Skirmishing. 2. Commander-in-Chief and Staff. 3. After Drill, 1873 engraving

Drilling Machine, the Great Exhibition, London, Uk, 1851 Engraving

Dutch Soldiers Drilling on the Ice on the Amstel, Holland, the Netherlands, 1888 Engraving

Oil Derricks, Petrolea (Top); Drilling a Well (Bottom), Canada, Nineteenth Century Engraving

Agricultural Pictures: Drilling and Harrowing, 1846

Cannon boring, 1823 (engraving)
XJF2906517 Cannon boring, 1823 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Method of manufacturing a cannon using a boring machine); English, out of copyright

Soldiers with bayonets (engraving)
XJF268716 Soldiers with bayonets (engraving) by German School, (18th century); Private Collection; German, out of copyright

2662515; out of copyright

Workers using the carousel and winch to drill the artesian wells at Grenelle, France
KW2662532 Workers using the carousel and winch to drill the artesian wells at Grenelle, France in the 19th century, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School

The forges of Ivry, illustration from Les Grandes Usines by Julien Turgan
XIR253249 The forges of Ivry, illustration from Les Grandes Usines by Julien Turgan (engraving) (b/w photo) by Rose, Laurent Victor (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Gold Mining, Victoria, c. 1900, from Under the Southern Cross - Glimpses of Australia
KW187927 Gold Mining, Victoria, c.1900, from Under the Southern Cross - Glimpses of Australia, published in 1908 (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century)

Christ Child is building a house, Hieronymus Wierix, 1563 - before 1619

Drilling with rifles, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Moonlighters on a Raid for Arms, Drilling in Mr. Walshs House, 1886

Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Hamilton Watch. Operation - inspecting plate - skilled inspecting job (all plates must undergo severe inspection covering all operations of drilling, tapping, recessing)

PETROLEUM: OIL CITY, 1864. A view of Oil City, Pennsylvania, refining and shipping point of the early American petroleum industry. Lithograph, 1864

NATURAL GAS, 1890. Struck Gas. Workers trying to remove their drilling tools from an oil well that has struck gas. Engraving, American, 1890

GROVER CLEVELAND CARTOON. Mutiny! Can the Captain Regain Control of the Ship? President Grover Cleveland, as captain of the good ship Democracy

Young man and woman working in plane body in factory, (B&W)

Woman working with electric drill in factory, (B&W)

PENNSYLVANIA: COAL MINERS. Miners at work in an anthracite coal mine, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Photograph, c1900

PENNSYLVANIA: OIL, c1865. The Oil Regions of Pennsylvania - Pit Hole City, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Drawing by Theodore R. Davis, c1865

PENNSYLVANIA: OIL WELL. The first oil well drilled at Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859 by Edwin L. Drake. Woodcut

CALIFORNIA: OIL FIELDS. Oil fields at Los Angeles, California. Stereograph, c1906

TITUSVILLE OIL WELL, 1859. The first oil well drilled at Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859, by Edwin L. Drake (in right foreground)

ZUNI BEAD WORKER, c1903. Zuni bead worker drilling holes in beads in his workshop at a village in New Mexico. Photograph by Edward Curtis, c1903

PENNSYLANIA: OIL INDUSTRY. An oil barge on Oil Creek with the town of Pioneer, Pennsylvania, in the background. Photographed by John A. Mather, c1895

PETROLEUM SONGSHEET. American Petroleum sheet music cover, 1864

Conscripts fail to impress their sergeant
WW2 - " I can see that you ve done this drill before - once." Conscripts fail to impress their sergeant with their drilling... Date: 1945

Japan - Drill for Japanese Sailors on deck of HIJMS Asama during the Russo-Japanese War (8th February 1904 5th September 1905). The card was sent on 25th June 1904. Date: 1904

Two Naughty boys taking a drill to an unfortunate front door
Two little boys from Northern Italy up to no good, Here they are taking a drill to the door of a less-favoured relative (possibly a Battleaxe Aunt)

A Burmese Oilfield - showing a vast forest of wooden drilling rigs. Date: circa 1910s

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"Unearthing the Depths: Exploring the Art Across Time and Space" Delving into History: Witness a miner at Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, skillfully drilling through layers of earth to extract precious minerals. Towering Ambitions: Step onto the derrick floor of an oil rig in Iran, where fearless workers drill deep into the ground in search of black gold. Offshore Endeavors: Behold the Dixilyn Field 97 oil rig, standing resolute 110 miles off Lands End, Cornwall as it drills tirelessly beneath the ocean's surface. Ancient Techniques Unveiled: Marvel at trepanation depicted in 14th-century artwork—a practice that involved drilling holes in skulls for medical purposes or spiritual rituals. Twilight on Texas' Oil Frontier: Experience the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Oil Derrick against a stunning dusk sky in Midland, Texas—an emblematic sight representing America's drilling prowess. The Birth of Prosperity: Transport yourself to c1906 when Spindletop oil pool near Beaumont, Texas erupted with a gusher—ushering in an era of unprecedented wealth and transforming global energy markets forever. Drilling Rigs Amidst Serenity: Discover Kilgore's churchyard adorned with drilling rigs—a juxtaposition between human ingenuity and nature's tranquility—in Kilgore, Texas USA. Chillingar Chronicles: Observe an oil well at Chillingar as it punctures through rock formations deep below ground level—symbolizing mankind's relentless pursuit for energy resources worldwide. Aerial Symphony on Union Platform: Take flight above Erewan field as you witness an expansive aerial view capturing Union oil platform amidst vast blue waters—an engineering marvel supporting our insatiable thirst for fossil fuels. Sowing Future Harvests.