 | Titusville, Pa. Detail of LB-O-1. Drake Well Museum, 202 Museum Lane, Titusville, PA 16354. Mather Collection. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA. In American Heritage, Oct. 1966, p. 40. 8.12.6 |
 | Off to the oil refinery. Barrels of black gold are pulled out of Rouseville, another Pennsylvania oil boomtown. Drake Well Museum, 202 Museum Lane, Titusville, PA 16354. Mather Collection. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA. In American Heritage, Oct. 1966, p. 43. 8.12.1, 8.12.5 |
 | Fire disaster. Fire and flood were constant threats to the oil towns. This is a view of Titusville, Pa. after the twin scourges devastated the area in 1892. Copyright holder unknown. Drake Well Museum, 202 Museum Lane, Titusville, PA 16354. Mather Collection. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA. In American Heritage, Oct. 1966, p. 42. 8.12.6 |
 | Women in the oilfields. The strong, worn women tried to maintain the amenities in the very eye of the oil storm. Here they gather for a tea party on what was once the Tarr farm, just south of Titusville. Copyright holder unknown. Drake Well Museum, 202 Museum Lane, Titusville, PA 16354. Mather Collection. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA. In American Heritage, Oct. 1966, pp. 44-5. 8.12.5, 8.12.6 |
 | Oildom. The John Benninghoff farm eight miles south of Titusville, Pa. as it looked in the mid-1860s. An indication of how rich some men got from the oil boom may be gathered from the fact that in Jan. 1868 Benninghoff was robbed of $450,000. See also LB-O-2. Drake Well Museum, 202 Museum Lane, Titusville, PA 16354. Mather Collection. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA. In American Heritage, Oct. 1966, p. 40. 8.12.5 |
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