Oil well, Upper Sandusky, Ohio – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Oil well, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Oil well, Upper Sandusky, Ohio
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Upper Sandusky, the county seat of Wyandot County in north-central Ohio, is the setting for this view of an oil well. The estimated date falls in the 1910s, when drilling still reached well beyond the big fields of northwestern Ohio. Those fields around Lima and Findlay drew a boom in the 1880s and 1890s, and smaller operations like this one continued long after the rush faded. The catalog details come from an old caption card that has been revised over time, so the exact site should be read with some caution.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [ca. 191-] |
| Subjects | Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Oil industry; Ohio--U- S-; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,309 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138070 |
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