Prospectus of the Munchausen, Philosopher's Stone & Gull Creek Oil Company, 1865.
A satirical prospectus for the fictional 'Munchausen Oil Company'. The document was produced to satirise the fraudulent selling of shares for lands that had no indication of the presence of oil in any kind of abundance. After the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania, the ensuing oil rush led t...
| Uniform Title: | Prospectus of the Munchausen, Philosopher's Stone & Gull Creek Grand Consolidated Oil Company. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sierra Madre, California :
Stagecoach Press,
1950.
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| Summary: | A satirical prospectus for the fictional 'Munchausen Oil Company'. The document was produced to satirise the fraudulent selling of shares for lands that had no indication of the presence of oil in any kind of abundance. After the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania, the ensuing oil rush led to great amounts of land prospecting, with fraudsters running rife. Note the list of items that were struck at the 'Munchausen Well', these include ale, lottery tickets, the milk of human kindness and a peace proposition. |
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| Item Description: | Reprint of a burlesqued oil prospectus published in 1865 under title: Prospectus of the Munchausen, Philosopher's Stone & Gull Creek Grand Consolidated Oil Company. "... sixty copies were printed by Jack D. Rittenhouse for his friends among the bookmen of Southern California. The reprints were done by the Cole-Holmquist Press"--Colophon. |
| Physical Description: | 4 unnumbered pages, 5 pages : illustrations (1 mounted), map ; 23 cm |
| Related Items: | The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive. |