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  3. We see a group of men near a drilling rig for the drilling of an oil well in the corner of Fort and Sherbrooke West in Montreal. We note wooden barrels and meta…

We see a group of men near a drilling rig for the drilling of an oil well in the corner of Fort and Sherbrooke West in Montreal. We note wooden barrels and meta…

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We see a group of men near a drilling rig for the drilling of an oil well in the corner of Fort and Sherbrooke West in Montreal. We note wooden barrels and meta…
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We see a group of men near a drilling rig for the drilling of an oil well in the corner of Fort and Sherbrooke West in Montreal. We note wooden barrels and meta…
We see a group of men near a drilling rig for the drilling of an oil well in the corner of Fort and Sherbrooke West in Montreal. We note wooden barrels and meta… · 1944 · full size ↗

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Pin: rue du Fort & rue Sherbrooke
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Creator
Conrad Poirier
Dates
1944 (indexed as 1944)
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item (source: Image)
Scope & content
We see a group of men near a drilling rig for the drilling of an oil well in the corner of Fort and Sherbrooke West in Montreal. We note wooden barrels and metal.
Location
  • rue du Fort & rue Sherbrooke · intersection · confidence 80% · intersection · found as “corner of Fort and Sherbrooke West in Montreal. We note wooden barrels and meta”
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Subjects
1944 in Montreal; Energy in Quebec; July 1944 in Canada; Oil barrels in Canada; Petroleum industry in Canada
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