She did not show up as usual to pick up a young cousin at 3:00 pm. On January 13, 1999, Hae Min Lee was murdered sometime after she left school after her last class at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore, Maryland. If you haven’t had the inclination, time, or interest to listen to the Serial: Season One podcast, here is a very brief recap. There were two devastated families of two good kids – one Korean-American and the other Pakistani-American. There were cars, and jobs, and friends, and teachers. There was an ice storm that closed school for two days. Two high school seniors – one murdered and the other convicted of the crime. ![]() * Research in Progress M How does this best-selling book from the 1950s relate to unwary investors and the men behind an shady exploration company? Read Oil Prospectors, Inc.The story of two young star-crossed lovers could have remained a small story. Louisiana Consolidated Petroleum Company* Horse Shoe Four Leaf Mining & Oil Company* Great Southern Oil & Refining Association* Gladys City Oil, Gas & Manufacturing Company Check back here for more of these rare histories.Īnglo-Philippine Oil & Mineral Corporation*īailey Gaunce Oil & Refining Corporation*īeaumont Confederated Oil & Pipe Line Companyīlue Ridge Natural Gas & Oil Corporation*Ĭapital Oil & Natural Gas Company Limited*Ĭapitol Petroleum Transportation Company* The company histories presented often tell fascinating stories – and are exclusive of the Stock Certificate Q&A forum posts also on this website. If your certificate is not listed here, and to share further research experiences, you are invited to submit your query in the current Stock Certificate Q&A Forum.īelow is research submitted by a leading volunteer of the American Oil & Gas Historical Society. If you are fortunate, a visitor to this website or a society volunteer may have posted helpful information. As you may have discovered, financial research is difficult and time consuming. ![]() Unfortunately, this small historical society cannot grant requests for free research regarding individual company histories and the potential value of stock certificates. For an example of one that actually made it to courts, see Not a Millionaire from Old Oil Stock.Īmerica’s first oil company – the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company of New York – organized it 1855. ![]() petroleum industry’s boom and bust cycles have left many casualties. As shown in the companies below, since the 1850s the U.S. Craven Oil & Refining Buck Run Oil and Refining Home Oil & Gas Hog Creek Carruth Company Buffalo-Texas Oil Company and the Champion Oil Company.Ĭan you tell me anything about this old petroleum company (for free)? I found its stock certificate in an attic. It might have saved time and money by choosing a common vignette today found on shares of Centralized Oil & Gas Company Double Standard Oil & Gas Company Evangeline Oil Company Texas Production Company Tulsa Producing and Refining Company Hecla-Wyoming Oil Company Oil Prospectors Inc. In the rush to print stock certificates during oil booms, new companies often chose to print certificates using a vignette of derricks! Popular Scene for CertificatesĬollectors have found a surprising number of examples where quickly formed exploration companies picked the exact same oilfield scene for stock certificates. From kerosene for lamps, gasoline for cars, and plastic polymers for everyday products, the industry’s social, economic and technological history offers a context for understanding modern energy debates. petroleum exploration, production, and transportation should be preserved. ![]() A petroleum stock certificate’s vignette often is an important part of its value for scripophily – the buying and selling of certificates as collectibles after they have no redeemable value as a security.Īlthough often controversial, the history of U.S.
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