SD Postcard Collection--Standing Butte Oil Well
Unprocessed — Box: 8535 B
Identifier: H2003-059
Content Description
This collection consists of two postcards. Both are blank on the reverse with no postmark.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- June 17, 1921
Creator
- Kelly, R. L.--Photo Studio (Pierre, S.D.) (Organization)
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet
Inventory
Image of an oil well in Stanley County, South Dakota. Photo by R. L. Kelly. “Spudding in” Oil Well. Stanley Co. S.D. June 17, 1921 is written on the front of the card. The Standing Butte Oil Well was located northwest of Fort Pierre on the Triple U Buffalo Ranch. The well was a promotion of the South Dakota Refining Company and was a bust. Image of a man standing in a field of hay stacks. Photo by R.L. Kelly. John A. Johnson, Alma Colony, Stanley County, SD is written on the front of the card.
- Agriculture -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Alma Colony (S.D.)--Stanley County--Lutheran
- Oil Well Drilling -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph Collection -- Manuscript Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postcards Subject Source: Local sources
- South Dakota -- Stanley County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Triple U Buffalo Ranch (Stanley County)
Creator
- Kelly, R. L.--Photo Studio (Pierre, S.D.) (Organization)
