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

Creator Notes

Photographed in Oil Creek, Pennsylvania by John A. Mather and Copeland & Fleming, or Copeland & Deming, of Titusville, Pennsylvania.

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.
Spouting Wells, Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, 1862