Search Results
- IDNO:
- 040529
- Title:
- Fred S. Hathaway and Virginia Hathaway on W.T.W. Dye Farm, Grantsville, Calhoun County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1916-1917
- IDNO:
- 041554
- Title:
- First Oil Well Drilled in Sistersville, Tyler County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1907
- Description:
- Postcard photograph of a derrick capping the first drilled well in Sistersville field.
- IDNO:
- 041589
- Title:
- Oil Derricks Crowd Town of Salem, Harrison County, W. V.a
- Date:
- ca. 1905
- Description:
- Derricks sprouted throughout Salem and other towns in the northern and central counties of West Virginia during the oil boom years.
- IDNO:
- 041591
- Title:
- Snow Covered Hills in Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1905
- Description:
- Winter scene with several oil derricks dominating the landscape.
- IDNO:
- 041592
- Title:
- Oil Derricks with Pumping Houses, Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1905
- Description:
- Probably in the town of Salem.
- IDNO:
- 041606
- Title:
- Oil Derrick and Pumping House, Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1905
- Description:
- Several people gather to observe the workings of an oil pumping derrick. Note the dog mounted on the horse, center-right.
- IDNO:
- 041607
- Title:
- Oil Tanks Line Area Near Derrick, Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1905
- Description:
- Several containers of oil are stored near an oil pumping derrick.
- IDNO:
- 041608
- Title:
- Cleaning Out Oil Derrick, Harrison County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1905
- Description:
- Crowd gathers to watch as a derrick was shot with nitroglycerin.
- IDNO:
- 044644
- Title:
- Piled Boiler House, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044647
- Title:
- The Last Well Drilled in Sistersville, Belonged to Sutton Brothers, Sistersville, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1908
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044648
- Title:
- Mudlick Looking North East, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- Various oil wells can be seen spread through the hillside. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044649
- Title:
- Richmond's Gans Over the Bump
- Description:
- Workers pose for a picture on the bump around recently laid pipeline. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)