The album is a photographic account of the early years of British Petroleum, that is, of the Persian Oil Company (APOC). Photographs illustrate the... Show moreThe album is a photographic account of the early years of British Petroleum, that is, of the Persian Oil Company (APOC). Photographs illustrate the development of the oil industry and the benefits the oil exploitation has brought to Persia in terms of education, infrastructure, employment and healthcare.The album appears either as a preparatory work or as a personal draft copy of the book "The Persian Oil Industry. An account of its origin and development" printed by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, in 1927. The publication is a kind of early marketing operation of the Company, in fact, it was actually printed by Walter Pearce and Co, an advertising agency working for the Royal Commission of the Press, connected to the Empire Marketing Board. Abadan refinery. Tankers. Bawarda. Ganawah-Mishun and Mishun-Godar-i-Cham roads. Gach-qaraguli (Gachsaran). Main offices, bungalows and the Director residence in Mohammerah. Nasiri [sic.]. The Company school and hospital. School at Ahvaz. M. J. A. Nichols. Darkhazineh. Railway tracks in the valley of Tembi. Pipelines. Oil fields of Masjid-i-Sulaiman. M. S. Clegg smoking the hookah. Small trades (firemen, baker, barber, tailor, cabinetmaker, weaver, apprentices). Bazaar. Camel caravans. Deposits. Kalleh. Dams. Derricks. Pumps. British engineers and geologists. Tanks. Persian types. The album has a binding in full grey Marroquin and it is titled in cover in gilded letters. All pictures (average size 10,5 x 15.5 cm.) are captioned with typewritten labels. The album includes 3 panoramas. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0079 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23323383 BIB-ID: 2496882 Show less