Dunkard Oil & Gas Company of Mount Morris - Parade float, 1896

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Dunkard Oil & Gas Company of Mount Morris - Parade float, 1896

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.931

Description

Parade float featuring the Dunkard Oil & Gas Company of Mount Morris, Perry Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. This is most likely the exhibit created for Greene County's Centennial Celebration, which included an impressive parade through Waynesburg on Thursday, 27 August 1896. Original, no photographer listed.

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Aug 27, 1896

Lexicon

Search Terms

Horses, Flag--United States, Mount Morris (Pa.)--Business, Oil well drilling rigs, Parades, Pastimes, Perry (Greene County, Pa. : Township)--Business

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GCHS-AN027-0006-0001

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mount Morris - Places - Greene County Historical Society Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

Archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project, between 2005 and 2014. SOURCE CITATION: Centennial celebration parade float featuring the Dunkard Oil & Gas Company of Mount Morris, Perry Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; 27 August 1896; item no. GCHS-AN027-0006-0001, Places Series, Greene County Historical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).