1883 – An oil company’s response to a customer query on matching stationery that features a portrait of Colonel Edwin Drake, inventor of the first commercially successful method of drilling for oil
Cleveland, Ohio: 1883. Envelope or Cover. This letter and its matching envelope sent by the Brooks Oil Company of Cleveland are both illustrated with portraits of Colonel Edwin Drake, “The first successful Producer of Petroleum.” The letter is dateline Cleveland, O. Apr 21, 1883. The envelope bears circular Cleveland, Ohio..... More