Standard Petroleum Refinery, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

c. 1865

Thomas H. Johnson

Associated Names
Thomas H. Johnson

Artist, American, born 1821

The image shows an industrial setting with four towering brick chimneys emitting smoke. The chimneys are part of a row of buildings with angular rooftops on an elevated plane. Wooden tracks covered in stones curve around the structures, likely railway lines. The sepia-toned photo emphasizes the industrial architecture's functional design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic albumen silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 7.8 × 8 cm (3 1/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
    mount: 8.2 × 17.1 cm (3 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.93.15

  • 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: 17] JOHNSON'S PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS / IN THE / OIL REGIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. / "Standard Refinery," Pittsburgh, Pa. / Photographed by T.H. JOHNSON.

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