Spouting Wells, Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, 1862
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Artifact Overview
America's first oil boom was in Pennsylvania. This is the Phillips well operation in Oil Creek, 1862.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1862
Subject Date
18 July 1862
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Photographed in Oil Creek, Pennsylvania by John A. Mather and Copeland & Fleming, or Copeland & Deming, of Titusville, Pennsylvania.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
82.80.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.25 in
Width: 9.75 in
Inscriptions
Written in brown ink on front borders:
Spouting wells, Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Pa. July 18th 1862. Copeland & Deming Artists M. T. Patricks well Phillips well Struck Nov. 1861.
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