Oil Refinery, Erie, Pennsylvania

1860s

John S. Moulton

Associated Names
John S. Moulton

Artist, American, active 1860s - 1880s

The image shows an industrial area with wooden barrels scattered around, some stacked and some upright. Wooden buildings and structures extend towards the horizon. In the background, there is a forest. The coloration is monochromatic. The image is in stereo card format.

Media Options

Skip thumbnail navigation
Back to thumbnail navigation
This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic albumen silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from Clinton and Jean Wright

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 7.8 × 7.6 cm (3 1/16 × 3 in.)
    mount: 8.2 × 17.4 cm (3 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.42.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Allen Weiner); (William L. Schaeffer / Photographs, Chester, CT); NGA purchase, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: AMERICAN VIEWS,; along right edge: J. S. MOULTON, SALEM, MASS.; on verso, center left embossed perpendicular: CADES; by unknown hand, center right in black ink on applied label perpendicular: Oil Refinery Erie, Pa.

You may be interested in

Loading Results