Burning Oil Tank, Parker PA, Early 20th Century Real Photo Postcard pip but some in the form

but some in the form of figures as well

or at least a swindler of some sort

with their cork stoppers and apothecary-like labels just feels really satisfying

There is a little wear to the metallic glaze and a few white scuffs on the black

these silks were issued by Murad cigarettes to entice smokers

Burning Oil Tank, Parker PA, Early 20th Century Real Photo Postcard pip but some in the formHoly moly, I could look at this image forever. Beyond simply standing as a cool, very early 20th century first hand document of a burning oil tank in Parker, PA (located in Armstrong County, in the Allegheny River Valley), I find the combination of lush, spectacular smoke cloud against spare landscape and minimalist oil tank formally PERFECT. And then also a terrific tension between the intense smoke and the two bushes or trees on the horizon to its