Crude Oil Tanks, Clark & Sumner, Standard Petroleum Refinery, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

c. 1865

Thomas H. Johnson

Associated Names
Thomas H. Johnson

Artist, American, born 1821

This is a photograph of large industrial tanks or silos. The image depicts a series of cylindrical structures, likely storage tanks, made of metal with a brick base. They are positioned in an industrial setting with platforms and staircases for access. The photograph shows these tanks from a side view, with each silo connected by catwalks that feature railing along the top for safety. The ground area around the tanks appears to have scattered wooden beams and other construction materials. There are leafless trees in the background and a building structure that seems to be a part of an industrial site.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic albumen silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 7.7 × 7.9 cm (3 1/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
    mount: 8.1 × 17 cm (3 3/16 × 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.93.12

  • 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, by unknown hand, upper center in black ink: Standard Petroleum Refinery.; center printed in black ink: JOHNSON'S PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS / IN / THE OIL REGIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. / No. [by unknown hand in black ink: 1344 Crude Oil Tanks] / Published by T.H. JOHNSON, 390 Bowery, New York / [BAILEY, PRINTER.]; by unknown hand, lower center in black ink: Clark & Sumner. / Pittsburgh, Pa.

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