The Rise And Progress Of The Standard Oil Company (with original photographs)

Author: Montague, Gilbert Holland
Title: The Rise And Progress Of The Standard Oil Company (with original photographs)
Publication: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903
Edition: First Edition

Description: First Edition. Small 8vo. 143 pp. "With the Compliments of Harper & Brothers" slip laid in. Included are 5 original black & white photographs (3 1/2 x 2 1/2", with negatives) depicting men and 1 boy in the oil fields, most likley around Fresno, CA and a paper credit card issued by Standard Oil Company dated Oct-Nov-Dec-1929 to an employee. Olive green cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition, with a hint of wear to extremities.

This history of the Standard Oil Company was written by the author while Ricardo Scholar in Economics at Harvard University for the year 1900-1901 and eventually printed in the Quarterly Journal of Economics published for Harvard University.

Seller ID: 20434

Subject: Americana



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