Old Home of Coal Oil Johnny

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $9.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:626516
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Oil City
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Venango
Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
Before J.R. Ewing, or the Beverly Hillbillies, or even John D. Rockefeller, there was Coal Oil Johnny. He was the first great cautionary tale of the oil age – and his name would resound in popular culture for more than half a century after he made and lost his fortune in the 1860s.

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