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Rouseville, Pennsylvania

1869

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Rouseville, Pennsylvania
  • Title
  • Rouseville, Pennsylvania
  • Creator
  • John A. Mather
  • Date
  • 1869
  • Identifier
  • 20170309-hpichswp-0053
  • Description
  • Photograph of the town of Rouseville, Pennsylvania. Many of the town's wooden buildings display signs advertising commercial establishments. Signs can be seen for the Cherry Run Hotel, the Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Office, and J. Landsrath Hardware. Men can be seen standing outside the telegraph office on the porch as a horse-drawn wagon passes nearby. The tops of numerous oil derricks can be seen emerging from various points in the town.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Rouseville (Pa.)
    Venango County (Pa.)
    Oil well drilling rigs.
  • Source
  • Gulf Oil Corporation Records, 1865-1985, MSS 954, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Gulf Oil Corporation Records
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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