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IDNO:
000752
Title:
Dry Hole
Date:
1860
Description:
Wooden Oil Derrick
IDNO:
050263
Title:
Unidentified Oil Derrick Likely in W. Va.
Date:
1890-1900
Description:
Oil derrick shooting oil likely near Shinnston, W. Va.
IDNO:
050220
Title:
Unidentified Men Pose for Group Portrait in Adamsville, W. Va.
Date:
1890-1920
Description:
Group of unidentified men, a child, four horses, and a dog pose for a group portrait in front of Barrack & Son General Black-Smithing Store near Shinnston, W. Va.
IDNO:
050221
Title:
Oil Workers Building Oil Rig, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
1890-1920
Description:
"Philad Co. S.P. Offset, Shinnston, W. Va."
IDNO:
050222
Title:
Oil Storage Tank, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1890-1920
Description:
Unidentified men and women pose for portrait while standing on an oil storage tank in Morgantown, W. Va.
IDNO:
050223
Title:
Men and Women Posed On Ladder of Oil Tank, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1890-1920
Description:
"Girls posed on ladder of oil tank"
IDNO:
000757
Title:
Big Moses Gas Well, Tyler Co.
Date:
1894/09/09
Description:
Large group of people gathered by the Big Moses Gas Well.
IDNO:
050224
Title:
Oil Tanks in Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1895/10/11
IDNO:
000747
Title:
Shinnston Area Oil Field
Date:
1900
Description:
Activities in the oil field near Shinnston, Adamsville area. Horses, wagons, and man-power moved all the equipment to the drilling site. Sistersville and Shinnston came into the oil boom about the same time. E.K. Towles of Shinnston, W. Va.
IDNO:
000791
Title:
Pipe Laying Gang Posing at Camp Hope, Somewhere Between Farmington and Fairview, W. Va.
Date:
1903/09/09
Description:
Standing left to right Pearl Roby, Noah Moore, George Burriss, Lem South, Judge tennant, Mont Tucker, Burl Tennant, Bill Taylor, (Visitor name not known). Sitting Charley Myers, Herbert Lapoe, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Aultman.
IDNO:
000659
Title:
Hastings Station
Date:
1904
IDNO:
000789
Title:
Hastings Station
Date:
1904
Description:
Hastings Station with men standing outside the building.
IDNO:
000780
Title:
Title Page of the Book 'The Oil Well Driller', by Charles Whiteshot
Date:
1905
Description:
Title page and copyright page of 'The Oil Well Driller' by Charles Whiteshot, Mannington, W. Va. Cover displays images of Colonel Edwin L. Drake, Modern Dilling Well, Dipping Oil with Blankets, Digging Conductor Hole, and Drilling with Spring Pole or Kick Down.
IDNO:
000787
Title:
South Penn Men Wileville District
Date:
1906
Description:
Large group photo of the South Penn Men, Wileville District.
IDNO:
000768
Title:
Smith, Fred
Date:
1908
Description:
The late Fred Smith sitting at a desk.
IDNO:
046775
Title:
Machine for Handling Coke and Ore
Date:
1908
Description:
Picture taken from an issue of Scientific American.
IDNO:
000793
Title:
Gas Pumping Station Hastings, W. VA
Date:
1910/07/16
Description:
Man walking down tracks towards gas pumping station, Wetzel Co.
IDNO:
000760
Title:
Hammering Drill Bit
Date:
1911
Description:
Workers hammering and four women and one child watching.
IDNO:
000688
Title:
Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield
Date:
1911
Description:
Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.
IDNO:
000686
Title:
Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield
Date:
1911
Description:
Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.
IDNO:
000687
Title:
Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield
Date:
1911
Description:
Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.
IDNO:
000735
Title:
Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road
Date:
1911
Description:
'Mud was a great enemy.'
IDNO:
000738
Title:
Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road
Date:
1911
IDNO:
050128
Title:
Ruins of Oil Tanks at Lowe Station, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
1911/06/28
Description:
"Ruins of oil fields, Lowe Station."
IDNO:
028701
Title:
Oil Workers on a Steam Driven Drilling Machine, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1912/09/23
IDNO:
000691
Title:
Horses and Teamsters Hauling Engine Bed-Plate
Date:
1913
IDNO:
000696
Title:
Teams of Horses Hauling Engine Bed-Plate
Date:
1913
IDNO:
048069
Title:
Well No. 1 at Green Sulphur Oil and Gas Co., Summers County, W. V.
Date:
1914/01/30
Description:
The oil well towers over wooden buildings beneath.Published by H. Gwinn & Co., Green Sulphur Springs, W. Va. See original for correspondence.
IDNO:
000798
Title:
Lemley Compressing Station
Date:
1919/08
Description:
In Batelle District, Monongalia County, West Va., (Fairview working district) on waters of Miracle Run, two miles south of Brave, Penna. Station site, -2.23 acres, owned in fee; being part of Elias J. Eddy farm. Station built in 1917 to take casing head gas from wells in vicinity, discharging into line leading to Brave Station. Buildings: Sheet iron over wood frame, painted Company colors. Compressor Building 48'x 52', Auxiliary Building 12'x 25'. No Dwellings. Main Machinery: 1- 60 HP Clark and Norton Gas Engine and Compressor. 2- 80 HP Clark and Norton Gas Engines with compressors. Total Investment (May 1, 1919) $26,884.32
IDNO:
000799
Title:
Deep Valley Compressing Station and Gasoline Plant, Combined
Date:
1919/08
Description:
In Central District, Doddrige County, West Va., (Shirley working district), on waters of Arnolds Creek, three miles northwest of town of Central on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Plant site, -2.45 acres, owned in fee. Plant, consisting of small compressing station and gasoline unit built in fall of 1917. Gasoline plant stopped operating about May, 1918. Plant built to take casing head gas from wells in vicinity and extract gasoline, discharging residue gas into lines leading to Hastings Station. Buildings- Sheet iron on wood frame, with stell truss roof; painted Company colors. Compressor Building 28 ft x 36 ft, Auxiliary Building 14 ft. x 20 ft. No Dwellings. Compressing Machinery: 2- 60 HP Clark and Norton Gas Engines and Compressors combined. Total investment, combined plant $33,008.37. Total insurance 20,000.
IDNO:
000674
Title:
Jones' Station and Other Oil Company Buildings
Date:
1921
IDNO:
000765
Title:
H. N. C. Company Oil Equipment TransportationTruck
Date:
1924
Description:
Men standing beside a halftrack carrying oil equipment.
IDNO:
000699
Title:
H. N. C. Company Oil Equipment TransportationTruck
Date:
1924
Description:
Men standing beside a halftrack carrying oil equipment
IDNO:
000713
Title:
Wind Damaged Oil Rig
Date:
1935
IDNO:
000694
Title:
Oil Pipeline Crew Tightening Couplings
Date:
1937
IDNO:
000693
Title:
Oil Pipeline Crew Tightening Couplings
Date:
1937
IDNO:
000794
Title:
Oil and Gas Facilities at an Experimental Plant
Date:
1940
Description:
Storage tank and other buildings.
IDNO:
000790
Title:
Experimental Oil and Gas Plant
Date:
1940
Description:
Storage tank and other buildings.
IDNO:
000743
Title:
Bridgeport Station after Tornado
Date:
1944
Description:
Men inspect the ruins of the Bridgeport Station after a tornado.
IDNO:
000751
Title:
Bridgeport Station after Tornado
Date:
1944
Description:
Men inspect the ruins of the Bridgeport Station after a tornado.
IDNO:
047032
Title:
Johnny Stuart Tourist Information Stand Selling Motor Oil, Next to Dr. Pepper Cooler, Possibly Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1947-02-12
IDNO:
047033
Title:
Johnny Stuart Employees Look Up at Esso Standard Oil Company Sign on Car Service Station, Possibly Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1947-02-12
IDNO:
047009
Title:
Esso Standard Oil Company Attendant Pumping Gas, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1949-11-28
IDNO:
047204
Title:
'Stud' Richards at Esso Station, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1959
Description:
Richards pictured standing in front of the gas station which is pictured on the right.
IDNO:
046389
Title:
Shriver Motor Supply Company Gasoline and Oils
Date:
Undated
Description:
Print number 1775.
IDNO:
046931
Title:
Likely Standard Oil Company Representatives
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
046973
Title:
Interior of Auto Repair Center at Esso Standard Oil Hoeferer Station
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047029
Title:
Esso Standard Oil Company Employee With Three Other Men Preparing Equipment for Experiment
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047030
Title:
Esso Standard Oil Company Employee With Three Other Men Conducting an Experiment
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047607
Title:
Workers Operating Unidentified Oil Field
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
047955
Title:
Keystone Driller Co., Beaver Falls, Pa.
Date:
Undated
IDNO:
000679
Title:
Matheney Oil Well near Harrisville, Ritchie County
Date:
ca. 1880 or 1890
IDNO:
000717
Title:
Matheney Oil Well near Harrisville, Ritchie County
Date:
ca. 1880 or 1890
IDNO:
000675
Title:
Cornwallis Oil Field, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880-1890
Description:
Oil Derricks McCabe, Rolan, Gilbert, Roland, and Douglass No. 2 amongst homes at Cornwallis.
IDNO:
050239
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 8, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890 -1920
IDNO:
050238
Title:
Teaming In Oil Field No. 29, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890 -1920
IDNO:
050240
Title:
Teaming in Oil Field No. 9, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890 -1920
IDNO:
050241
Title:
Teaming In Oil Field No. 33, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890 -1920
IDNO:
037283
Title:
Drilling an Oil Well on Porter's Fork, Lincoln County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Description:
Postcard showing four men standing at the base of an oil well.
IDNO:
050070
Title:
A.W. Hartley Well no. 2 S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050072
Title:
T.B. Martin Well no.4, S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050073
Title:
Mrs. George Miller, Well no.1, Carnegie Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050077
Title:
Charles Hartley Well no. 1, Fairmont Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050076
Title:
W. G. Nixon Well no.1, H.S. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050079
Title:
Boiler House and Tank to Hartley Heirs' Well no. 2, B.A. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050081
Title:
Nimshi Nuzum Well no.1 Shooting, Miller Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
Description:
Well shooting oil in Shinnston, W. Va.
IDNO:
050082
Title:
Howard Nuzum Well no. 1, S.P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050084
Title:
Shooting, Hartley Heirs' Well no.3, B.R. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
Description:
Hartley Heirs' well shooting Oil in Shinnston, W.Va.
IDNO:
050086
Title:
Hartley Heirs' Wells, B.R. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050090
Title:
Nimshi Nuzum Well no.4, Miller Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050091
Title:
U.B. Ogden Well no.2, S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050093
Title:
H.B. Pigott Well no.1, H.G. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050094
Title:
Hartley Heirs' Well no.3, B.A. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050095
Title:
B.S. Humphrey Well no.1, S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050096
Title:
Interior, O.E. Radabaugh Well no.1, S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050098
Title:
Almira Rector Well no.3, S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050097
Title:
Almira Rector Well no.1, S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050099
Title:
Arthur Janes Well no.1, Phila. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050100
Title:
Almira Rector Well no.4, S.P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050101
Title:
Almira Rector Well no.5, S.P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050102
Title:
J.E. Janes Well no.2, Fisher Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050103
Title:
J. E. Janes Well no.2, S.P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050104
Title:
Almira Rector Well no.6, S.P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050106
Title:
Changing Tower, S. A. Janes Well no.1, S. P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050105
Title:
E .F. Richardson Well no.1, Phila. Co., Worthington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050107
Title:
Interior, J. E. Janes Well no.5, S. P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050108
Title:
Casing, E. F. Richardson Well no.1, Phila. Co., Worthington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050109
Title:
Alice A. Shinn Well no.1, Phila. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050111
Title:
Elen Shinn Well no. 2, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050110
Title:
Mary A. Janes Well no.1, S. P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050112
Title:
Interior, Samuel Janes Well no.2, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050113
Title:
Nay Well no.2, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050115
Title:
S. E. Janes Well no.1, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050114
Title:
S. E. Janes Well no.1, S. P. Co. Interior, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050117
Title:
Interior, S. E. Janes no.2, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
IDNO:
050116
Title:
Nay Well no.3, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
