Christening Mound City Oil Well, Shady Photo, c. 1940s
Copyright: 98.50.46 Christening Oil Well, Shady Photo, c. 1940s
Name/Title
Christening Mound City Oil Well Artistic Photo by Shady, c. 1940s
Entry/Object ID
P1998.50.46
Description
Christening Mound City Oil Well Artistic Photo by Shady, c. 1940s. "The Christening". b/w. mounted on cardboard. Artistic photo of older man (Mr. Steffens) in overcoat hitting a metal pole, shattering a bottle of champagne. Crowd behind including KFEQ. Titled and signed at bottom by Lewis Shady. On back: "Mr. Steffens, Christening oil well with champagne at Mound City, action shot."
Collection
Lewis C. Shady Photo
Made/Created
Artist
Lewis C. Shady
Date made
1940
Place
City
St. Joseph
State/Province
Missouri
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
St. Joseph Photographers, Mound City Oil Well
Dimensions
Height
13 in
Width
10 in
Dimension Notes
mounted on cardboard 16 x 20
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Aug 26, 2019
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Lewis C. Shady
Provenance
Notes
Photos taken by Lewis C. Shady, Donated by his children. Shady was staff photographer for St. Joseph News-Press, late 1930's to c. 1960.
