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Wooden Oil Derrick

1. Dry Hole

IDNO:
000752
Title:
Dry Hole
Date:
1860
Description:
Wooden Oil Derrick
Oil derrick shooting oil likely near Shinnston, W. Va.

2. Unidentified Oil Derrick Likely in W. Va.

IDNO:
050263
Title:
Unidentified Oil Derrick Likely in W. Va.
Date:
1890-1900
Description:
Oil derrick shooting oil likely near Shinnston, W. Va.
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.

3. Unidentified Men Pose for Group Portrait in Adamsville, 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.
"Philad Co. S.P. Offset, Shinnston, W. Va."

4. Oil Workers Building Oil Rig, 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."
Unidentified men and women pose for portrait while standing on an oil storage tank in Morgantown, W. Va.

5. Oil Storage Tank, Morgantown, 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.
"Girls posed on ladder of oil tank"

6. Men and Women Posed On Ladder of Oil Tank, 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"
Large group of people gathered by the Big Moses Gas Well.

7. Big Moses Gas Well, Tyler Co.

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.

8. Oil Tanks in Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
050224
Title:
Oil Tanks in Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1895/10/11
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.

9. Shinnston Area Oil Field

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.
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.

10. Pipe Laying Gang Posing at Camp Hope, Somewhere Between Farmington and Fairview, 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.

11. Hastings Station

IDNO:
000659
Title:
Hastings Station
Date:
1904
Hastings Station with men standing outside the building.

12. Hastings Station

IDNO:
000789
Title:
Hastings Station
Date:
1904
Description:
Hastings Station with men standing outside the building.