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Lot 621
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$300 -
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$313
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Lot Description
[TEXAS -- ADVERTISEMENT]. Louisiana and Brazoria Oil and Investment Co. New Orleans, LA. New Orleans, LA: N.p., ca 1902.
8 7/16 x 19 in. printed broadside (minor toning); framed to 14 1/2 x 25 in. (not examined out of frame). Signed in type by M.J. McFarlane.
A broadside encouraging investment in the Louisiana and Brazoria Oil and Investment Co. Touting that "New Gushers Almost Every Day - Wonders of Texas Oil Fields Continue to Grow" and promises that the "Chemical Analysis Gives Astonishing High Value to Texas Oil $3 to $7 per Barrel." Featuring an illustration of "rigs Now in Operation" in Brazoria County, Texas. Enticing potential investors with the chance of joining the "new crop of millionnaires [sic] springing up." Brazoria county mineral development began as early as 1901 with oil production beginning in 1902.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents