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 historical industrial scene. The image shows a large brick building with multiple arched doorways and tall windows. Several barrels are stacked along a platform next to the building, with more on a flatbed railroad car on tracks beside it. Wooden supports are visible against parts of the building, and a small patch of dirt and stones is in front of the tracks. The photograph is presented in a sepia tone.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic albumen silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 7.6 × 8 cm (3 × 3 1/8 in.)
    mount: 8.2 × 17 cm (3 1/4 × 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.93.16

  • 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 on applied paper: No. [by unknown hand in brown ink: 3] JOHNSON'S PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS / IN THE / OIL REGIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. / "Standard Refinery," Pittsburgh, Pa. / Photographed by T.H. JOHNSON.

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