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Lot 283

[SHEET MUSIC]. [PETROLEUM]. WATSON, J. J. American Petroleu...

Estimate: $150 - $250

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[SHEET MUSIC]. [PETROLEUM]. WATSON, J. J. American Petroleum Polka, Schottisch, Galop, Waltz, March. New York: Wm. Hall, 1864]. Rare sheet music with an early color lithograph illustration of the American Petroleum industry on the front wrapper, depicting the Tarr Farm Oil Fields in Pennsylvania. 4to. [6 pp.]. Front wrapper and sheets are loose (left margins neatly trimmed). Some wear, soiling, creases, front lower corner of front wrapper chipped. Very good. Rare. An early view of the American Petroleum industry.