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	Search results for Oil    Refine your search Subject Oil Wells -- Indiana -... (6) Portrait Paintings (5) Natural Gas -- Indiana (4) Artists -- Indiana (3) Artists (3) Show more... Format of Original Oil Painting (6) Photographic Print (4) Acetate Negative, 120m... (3) Photographic Print, B&... (3) Digital (2) Show more... Date ca 1900 (4) ca 1860 (2) 1891-06-19 (1) 1893 (1) 1911 (1) Show more... Creator Unknown (2) Kin Hubbard (1) Albee, s.s (1) Clark, Marion (1) Dillman, Mark Fred Woo... (1) Show more... results 1-20 of 33 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Indiana Natural Gas & Oil Company, Statement by Corporations Gas companies--Indiana; Petroleum industry and trade--Indiana; Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Company; Petroleum industry and trade--Indiana--Records and correspondence The Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Company incorporated in 1889. An 1891 Statement by Corporations document filed with the state of Indiana listed their location as Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, with assets... 2. Oil Well in Keystone, Indiana Wells County (Ind.); Oil wells--Indiana--Photographs In 1890 the first commercially viable oil well in Indiana was drilled by the Northern Indiana Oil Co. on the D.A. Bryson farm near Keystone. Wells County was Indiana's largest oil producing county at that... 3. Oil Well, Geneva, Indiana Adams County (Ind.); Oil wells--Indiana--Photographs The first oil well was drilled in the Geneva area in 1887. After oil was discovered on Charles D. Porter's farmland, his wife, Gene Stratton-Porter, used the wealth to design and build a new home in Geneva... 4. Standard Oil Plant, Whiting, Indiana Lake County (Ind.); Standard Oil Company; Petroleum industy and trade; Aerial views The area in the vicinity of Whiting, Indiana was first settled in 1848. The population was comprised largely of Eastern Europeans during the early years. The Standard Oil Company’s move into the town... 5. Oil Well in Posey County, Indiana Posey County (Ind.); Oil wells--Indiana--Photographs During the 1930s, oil was found in the county giving some assistance to the struggling economy. 6. Indiana Oil and Gas Company Advertisement, Vincennes Natural gas--Indiana; Knox County (Ind.) In 1929, the Indiana Oil and Gas Company purchased a full page advertisement in the Vincennes Commercial newspaper. It heralded the coming of natural gas to the city of Vincennes via a pipeline from Gibson... 7. Rotary Rig Drilling for Gas in Northeastern Indiana Natural gas--Indiana A rotary rig drilling for gas in Northeastern Indiana is shown in this photograph from the 1960s. The initial plan was to drill for oil in these areas, and where there is oil there is often natural gas.... 8. Aisle of the Cabin of the Steamboat "Grand Republic" Steamboats; Transportation; Boats; Steamboats--Passenger accommodation The Grand Republic was bult at Shousetown, Pennsylvania in 1867. In 1876 she set a record for cargo: 8,210 bales of cotton, 525 sacks of cotton seed, 872 sacks of oil cake, 400 sacks of meal, and 350 barrels... 9. Oil Well in a Corn Field Oil wells--Indiana--Photographs 10. Oil Well and Derrick Photographed at Night Oil wells--Indiana--Photographs 11. Portrait of James Dean From an Original Photograph Grant County (Ind.); Dean, James, 1931-1955; Portrait paintings James Dean was born on February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana and grew up in Fairmount. He starred in East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant. He died on September 30, 1955, the result of a car accident... 12. Dorothy Morlan Morlan, Dorothy; Artists; Artists--Indiana Dorothy Morlan painted landscapes in oil and was described as a woman who “paints with masculine strength and vigor.” Born in Salem, Ohio she moved to Indianapolis when she was twelve and was inspired... 13. Olive Rush Rush, Olive, 1873-1966; Artists; Artists--Indiana; Quakers--Indiana Born and raised on a farm in Indiana, Olive Rush even as a child knew she would be an artist. After graduation from Fairmount Academy, a Quaker school her parents had established on a corner of their property,... 14. Wasson's Alley - Business Bridges the Alley Art--Indiana; Artists; Artists--Indiana--History--20th century; Artists--Indiana; Selby, Robert Hugo, 1909-1997 Robert H. Selby was born in Owensville, Indiana. He studied at the Herron Art Institute under William Forsyth, Clifton Wheeler, and Paul Hadley, receiving his diploma in 1930. He worked in advertising... 15. The Foreboding Calm Landscape painting--Indiana--Dunes; Dudley, Frank V., 1868-1957; Lake Michigan; Porter County (Ind.) Known as the “Painter of the Dunes,” Frank Virgil Dudley was born in Delavan, Wisconsin in 1868. His parents James A. and Flora Virgil Dudley were deaf-mutes and Frank and his two brothers worked with... 16. Barbara Evans Zimmer Portrait paintings; Portraits; Zimmer, Barbara Evans; Beck, Rosemary Browne, 1925- Rosemary Browne Beck studied at Herron School of Art and Design. This painting won first prize for portraiture, at the forty-ninth Annual Hoosier Salon, in 1973. 17. Broad Ripple Post Office Mural Broad Ripple (Indianapolis, Ind.); Indianapolis (Ind.); Mural painting and decoration In 1940 a new post office building was built on Carrollton Avenue just south of Broad Ripple Avenue. As part of a New Deal art program, a mural was commissioned for the post office. The 1942 mural was... 18. Kin Hubbard Cartoon Hoosier Salon; Cartoons; Hubbard, Kin, 1868-1930 In those early years the Hoosier Salon was open to artists who had lived in Indiana for at least one year, and it quickly became a showplace for Indiana artists. On display were paintings in watercolor... 19. Portrait of William H. English English, William Hayden 1822-1896; English Hotel and Opera House (Indianapolis, Ind.); English Theatre (Indianapolis, Ind.); Portrait paintings William Hayden English was a businessman and politician who served four terms in the U.S. Congress. In 1880 he was the Democratic candidate for vice president. He and his wife Emma Mardulia English had... 20. Portrait of Emma English English Hotel and Opera House (Indianapolis, Ind.); Portrait paintings; Portraits; Hairstyles; Clothing & dress Emma and William H. English married in 1847 while he was working as a clerk in the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. 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