Oscar Orndoff [1868-1925] blowing the drip from an oil and gas well

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Oscar Orndoff [1868-1925] "blowing the drip" from an oil and gas well

Entry/Object ID

2018.5.115

Description

Oscar Orndoff [1868-1925] "blowing the drip" from an oil and gas well. He was the husband of Frances Belle Carpenter, and son of John Orndoff and Minerva Roseberry. Original, candid.

Collection

Sellers Burdette and Bettie (Blake) Carpenter Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

Lexicon

Search Terms

Occupations, Oil well drilling rigs, Orndoff family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

CARP-AN005-0057

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Orndoff, Oscar F. [1868-1925]

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Carpenter Series - Sellers Burdette and Bettie (Blake) Carpenter Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2013

Notes

The Sellers Burdette and Bettie (Blake) Carpenter Collection was in large part passed from Capt. John Scott [1815-1894] and his wife, Charlotte (Mason) Scott [1817-1901], to their daughter Elizabeth Jane (Scott) Carpenter [1849-1931] and her husband, Asa Sellers Carpenter [1853-1926], to their son John Leslie Carpenter and his wife, Velma (Meek) Carpenter, to their son Sellers Burdette Carpenter and his wife, Bettie (Blake) Carpenter, whose heirs shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2013. SOURCE CITATION: Oscar Orndoff [1868-1925] "blowing the drip" from an oil and gas well; circa 1900; item no. CARP-AN005-0057, Sellers Burdette and Bettie (Blake) Carpenter Collection, shared by their heirs; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).