PORTRAIT OF JAMES S. McCRAY 1122 Owner of the McCray Farm near Petroleum Centre. PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM H. ABBOTT 1122 One of the most prominent of the early oil producers, refiners and pipe-line operators. FLEET OF OIL BOATS AT OIL CITY IN 1864 1136 PORTRAIT OF GEORGE H. BISSELL 1146 Founder of the first oil company in the United States. PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN WATSON 1146 One of the owners of the land on which the first successful well was drilled for oil. PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL KIER 1146 The first petroleum refined and sold for lighting purpose was made by Mr. Kier in the ’50s in Pittsburg. PORTRAIT OF JOSHUA MERRILL 1146 The chemist and refiner to whom many of the most important processes now in use in making illuminating and lubricating oils are due. PORTRAIT OF A. J. CASSATT IN 1877 1184 Third vice-president of the Pennsylvania Railroad in charge of transportation when first contract was made by that road with the Standard Oil Company. PORTRAIT OF GENERAL GEORGE B. McCLELLAN 1184 President of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad at the time of the South Improvement Company. General McClellan did not sign the contract. PORTRAIT OF GENERAL JAMES H. DEVEREUX 1184 Who in 1868 as vice-president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad first granted rebates to Mr. Rockefeller’s firm. PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH D. POTTS 1184 President of the Empire Transportation Company. Leader in the struggle between the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Standard Oil Company in 1877. WOODEN CAR TANKS 1212 BOILER TANK CARS 1212 WOODEN TANKS FOR STORING OIL 1212 RAILROAD TERMINAL OF AN EARLY PIPE LINE 1212 PORTRAIT OF E. G. PATTERSON 1248 From 1872 to 1880 the chief advocate in the Oil Region of an interstate commerce law. Assisted in drafting the bills of 1876 and 1880. Abandoned the independent interests at the time of the compromise of 1880. PORTRAIT OF ROGER SHERMAN 1248