Standard Petroleum Refinery, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

c. 1865

Thomas H. Johnson

Associated Names
Thomas H. Johnson

Artist, American, born 1821

This is a photograph of a brick building with intricate architectural details. The photograph is presented in a stereoscopic format. The building features arched windows with decorative brickwork surrounding them. In the foreground lies a rough, uneven dirt path or roadway, leading up to the entrance of the building, which is slightly elevated with a few steps. The scene is set in an outdoor environment, with a fence visible in the background and beyond it, a blurred indication of trees or vegetation under a muted sky. The overall tone of the photograph is sepia.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic albumen silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 7.8 × 7.9 cm (3 1/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
    mount: 8 × 17.1 cm (3 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.93.3

  • Series Title

    Johnson’s Photographic Views in the Oil Regions of Pennsylvania

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Healey, Hants, UK; NGA purchase, 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, center printed in black ink: No. [by unknown hand in black ink: 2] JOHNSON'S PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS / IN THE / OIL REGIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. / "Standard Refinery," Pittsburgh, Pa. / Photographed by T.H. JOHNSON.

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