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Auction 147, Lot 179

"Map of the Oil and Gas Fields of Southeastern Kansas, Osage and Cherokee Nations", Kenyon Company, The

Subject: Kansas, Oklahoma

Period: 1903 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
24.8 x 20.3 inches
63 x 51.6 cm
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This promotional map shows the oil and gas fields in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. The large oval surrounding Bartlesville, Oklahoma would become a hugely productive oil field that made the state of Oklahoma and the Osage Indian tribe very wealthy. Per OCLC, no other copies have been found in the last 30 years.

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Condition: A

There are a few chips in the right blank margin away from the image.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 11/20/2013

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