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MS 091 Box H

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Photo. The first oil wells put to pumping in the U.S.- Venango County, PA, 1860

 File — Container: MS 091 Box H, Folder: P.91.116
Identifier: Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

30+ men and boys posing - some in work clothes, others in suits and ties. Logs and chutes placed horizontally and diagonally throughout the oil field. Barrels of various sizes placed to catch liquid. Some smaller barrels are laying around.

Dates: Created: 1860