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This is a photograph of an oil drilling site. The image features several tall wooden derricks dominating the background. The ground appears muddy or rough. Some buildings are visible in the distant background. The image is sepia-toned. The card mount surrounding the photograph indicates it was part of a stereoscopic view.
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This is a photograph of an oil drilling site. The image features several tall wooden derricks dominating the background. The ground appears muddy or rough. Some buildings are visible in the distant background. The image is sepia-toned. The card mount surrounding the photograph indicates it was part of a stereoscopic view.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

2753. Gassing Wells

American 19th Century

Date
c. 1860
Medium
stereoscopic albumen silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 7.94 × 14.92 cm (3 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.) mount: 8.89 × 17.46 cm (3 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2024.93.1
Credit line
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Series
Oil Regions of Pennsylvania

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • Group of male figures
  • Industry
  • Pennsylvania
  • industrial
  • architecture
  • Stereograph
Provenance

Janet Lehr, East Hampton, NY; Mary and Dan Solomon, Dana Point, CA; gift to NGA, 2024.

Inscription

vertical along left edge of mount printed in black ink: Union View, Co, Publishers / ROCHESTER, N. Y.; vertical along right edge: Oil Regions of Pennsylvania

NGA object ID 229695. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.