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The History of the Standard Oil Company

Chapter 76: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Ida M. Tarbell
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The work offers a detailed investigative history of the rise and consolidation of a dominant oil enterprise, tracing how petroleum moved from curiosity to mass industry and how competing firms were absorbed into a centralized trust. It examines business methods used to secure market control—transportation agreements, pricing tactics, acquisition and integration of allied industries—alongside legal and political struggles, regulatory inquiries, and public controversy. Drawing on sworn testimony, corporate records, court filings, and contemporary reporting, it reconstructs chronological development, key transactions, and reactions from rivals, legislators, and communities, concluding with reflections on the economic and institutional consequences of concentrated corporate power.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

SKETCH OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Frontispiece 2
 
  A sketch from life by George Varian, made in Cleveland, October, 1903.  
 
  FACING PAGE
 
PORTRAIT OF ALANSON A. SUMNER 2004
 
  Prominent supporter of the Tidewater Pipe Company, still active in its counsels.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF HENRY HARLEY 2004
 
  President of the Pennsylvania Transportation Company. Projector of the first seaboard pipe line.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL VAN SYCKEL 2004
 
  The first successful pipe line for gathering and transporting oil was completed by Mr. Van Syckel in 1865.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT 2004
 
  Civil Engineer for the first and second pipe lines projected to the seaboard.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF BYRON D. BENSON 2012
 
  The first president of the Tidewater Pipe Company.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF DAVID K. McKELVY 2012
 
  The successor of Mr. Benson as president of the Tidewater.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF MAJOR ROBERT E. HOPKINS 2012
 
  Treasurer of the Tidewater from its organization until his death in 1901.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL Q. BROWN 2012
 
  The present president of the Tidewater, successor to Mr. McKelvy.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IN 1880 2032
 
  From a photograph by Sarony.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM C. SCOFIELD 2068
 
  Senior member of the firm of Scofield, Schurmer and Teagle, of Cleveland. Plaintiff in important suits against Lake Shore Railroad for freight discriminations.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF DANIEL SCHURMER 2068
 
  Associate of Mr. Scofield and Mr. Teagle in the war on railroad rebates which the firm waged for nearly twenty years.  
 
PORTRAIT OF JOHN TEAGLE 2068
 
  Independent refiner of Cleveland, Ohio, prominent in struggle against freight discriminations by the railroads.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF CHARLES B. MATTHEWS 2068
 
  Independent refiner of Buffalo. Plaintiff in “Buffalo case,” where members of the Standard Oil Company were indicted for conspiracy.  
 
 
BURST IN A PIPE LINE 2076
 
 
BLEACHING TANK 2092
 
 
CONSTRUCTING AN IRON TANK FOR STORING OIL 2092
 
 
OIL AGITATORS 2092
 
 
FIVE-BARREL STILL USED IN THE FIFTIES IN DISTILLING CRUDE OIL AS A LUMINANT 2092
 
 
PORTRAIT OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 2120
 
  By Eastman Johnson.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF DAVID K. WATSON 2142
 
  Attorney-General of Ohio from 1887 to 1891. Mr. Watson brought suit against the Standard Oil Company in May, 1890, in the Supreme Court of Ohio.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF FRANK S. MONNETT 2142
 
  Attorney-General of Ohio from 1895 to 1899. Mr. Monnett brought suit against the Standard Oil Company in 1897 in the Supreme Court of Ohio.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF LEWIS EMERY, JR. 2142
 
  Independent oil operator and refiner. Leader in movement for free pipe-line bill and anti-discrimination laws. Founder of the United States Pipe Line.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF GEORGE RICE 2142
 
  Plaintiff in numerous cases brought against the Standard Oil Company. Prominent independent witness in various State and congressional investigations.  
 
 
GROUP OF CLEVELAND CITIZENS 2146
 
  Who called on John D. Rockefeller at his residence, “Forest Hill,” on July 25, 1896, to thank him for his gift of park lands to the city. Mr. Rockefeller is in the centre of the group, the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna in the right lower corner, and Governor Myron T. Herrick in the centre of the top row.  
 
 
MICHAEL MURPHY 2164
 
  The present President of the Pure Oil Company.  
 
 
DAVID KIRK 2164
 
  The first President of the Pure Oil Company.  
 
 
JAMES W. LEE 2164
 
  The chief counsel of the Pure Oil Company. President of the company from 1897 to 1901.  
 
THOMAS W. PHILLIPS 2164
 
  A leader in the independent movement, which resulted in the Pure Oil Company.  
 
 
LAYING A SIX-INCH PIPE LINE, CAIRO, WEST VIRGINIA 2182
 
 
A TYPICAL OIL FARM OF THE EARLY DAYS 2216
 
 
PORTRAIT OF S. C. T. DODD 2232
 
  Chief counsel of the Standard Oil Company. Framer of the Trust agreement of 1882.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF JABEZ A. BOSTWICK 2232
 
  From 1872 to 1892 the chief oil buyer of the Standard Oil Company.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH SEEP 2232
 
  Head of the “Seep Agency,” through which all oil transported by the Standard Oil Company goes.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF DANIEL O’DAY IN 1872 2232
 
  Vice-president of the National Transit Company, the pipe-line company owned by the Standard Oil Company.  
 
 
PORTRAIT OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 2256
 
  From a photograph by Allen Ayrault Green, taken about 1892.  
 
 
A 25,000–BARREL TANK OF OIL IN FLAMES 2280