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Crude drilling with a spring pole.

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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"The Pageant of America" Collection

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v.5 - The epic of industry

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(unpublished photographs)

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Petroleum and natural gas

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Title
Crude drilling with a spring pole.
Collection

"The Pageant of America" Collection

v.5 - The epic of industry

(unpublished photographs)

Petroleum and natural gas

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1860 - 1920 (Approximate)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: PoA (UnPub.), v. 5.27.063
Topics
Petroleum industry -- United States
Drilling
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: VII 26 3. Scene from The World Struggle for Oil, a motion picture produced under the direction of the United States Department of the Interior (Bureau of Mines), Sinclair Consolidated Corporation cooperating. Immediately following the bringing in of the Drake well in 1859, there was a great rush to secure oil leases up and down Oil Creek. Equipment for drilling was not only scarce but costly and far beyond the reach of many producers. However, with the courage of frontiersmen many of the pioneers rigged up a device called a spring pole and drilled wells from 500 to 600 feet deep by foot power.
Physical Description
Extent: 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 124207
TMS Object Number: PoA (UnPub.), v. 5.27.063
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c09c51e0-c613-012f-1670-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1860: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Crude drilling with a spring pole." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1860 - 1920. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-b641-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Crude drilling with a spring pole." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-b641-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1860 - 1920). Crude drilling with a spring pole. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-b641-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Crude drilling with a spring pole.