b150, L.D. & Co Stereoview, #2806, Shipping Oil - McElhany's Farm, PA., 1870s For Sale

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b150, L.D. & Co Stereoview, #2806, Shipping Oil - McElhany's Farm, PA., 1870s:
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You are offerding on an original Stereoview/Stereograph SV card, titled: Shipping Oil - McElhany's Farm, Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, by L.D. & Co. card #2806, 1870's.

Looking at this Stereoview through a Viewer, is like using Google 3D when looking at a Map.

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Notes:
Most of the oil produced in northwestern Pennsylvania was formed in sandstone reservoir rocks at the boundary between the Mississippian and Devonian rock layers. Over time, the oil migrated toward the surface, became trapped beneath an impervious layer of caprock, and formed a reservoir. The presence of upwards-curving folds in the caprock called anticlines, or sometimes an inversion of an anticline called a syncline, greatly varied the depth of the reservoirs, from around 4,000 feet (1,200 m) to just beneath the surface.

The majority of the oil wells in the vicinity of the Oil Creek valley tapped into a sandstone formation known as the Venango Third sand. The Venango Third contained large volumes of oil under high pressure at only 450 to 550 feet (140 to 170 m) below ground level. Other oil-producing formations in the area were "the Venango First and Second [sands], the latter often prevailing after the Third sand was lost." (ref. wikipedia)

Size: 3.5" by 7"

Subjects: Architecture, Buildings, Oil Industry, Oil Derricks, Businesses, Mills, Allegheny River, Trees, Scenic, Barges, Barrels, People

Photographer/Publisher: L.D. & Co, New York.

Date: circa 1870's.

Condition: Good-VG (Edge & corner wear, Some paper loss), (please see the images).

Info:
Stereoscopy or Stereoviews have two nearly identical images mounted side by side and were taken by a Stereo Camera. When looked at through a stereo viewer they give a three-dimensional image. Most popular from 1850’s to 1930’s and they usually measure about 3 ½" by 7" (please see images).

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Alaska, Austria, Boston, California, Celebrities, Chicago, Colorado, Comedy, Cuba, Egypt, Florida, Industry, Ireland, Italy, Japan, London, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York City, Niagara Falls, Paris, Pennsylvania, People, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rome, San Francisco, Scotland, St. Louis, Tragedies, Virginia, Volcano's, Washington DC, Wisconsin, Yellowstone and Yosemite.

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This Item will be shipped securely. I will combine lots to save on the shipping costs and I use USPS Ground Advantage (the old 1st class) shipping (it gives both of us tracking of the package).

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b150, L.D. & Co Stereoview, #2806, Shipping Oil - McElhany's Farm, PA., 1870s

$50.00