Dunkard Oil & Gas Company of Mount Morris - Parade float, 1896
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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
Acquisition
Accession
2011.2
Acquisition Method
Digital
Credit Line
Greene County Historical Society
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
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).
