Butler PA Pennsylvania Oil Well Shooting Modern-Ad Chrome Postcard

This vintage postcard captures a dramatic moment in Pennsylvania's oil fields, showing the operation known as "shooting a well." The image features a towering plume of oil propelled by nitroglycerin, a technique used to enhance oil extraction after drilling. Photographed by Richard C. Miller using Ektachrome film, the vibrant colors and natural detail showcase the dense forested landscape surrounding the well.

Published by Modern-Ad in Butler, Pennsylvania, this card is part of a natural color series, numbered 4692. The postcard is a standard size (5.5 x 3.5 inches) and highlights a rare industrial process significant to the region's oil history. Collectors interested in industrial Americana, oil industry history, or vintage photographic postcards will find this piece especially appealing.
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Postcard Size: Standard Vintage 3 1/2 by 5 1/2(Unless Otherwise Noted in Title)
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****All Postcards are mailed in stiff cardboard photo mailer and mailed with USPS First Class Stamps.

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