John Dustin Archbold
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John Dustin Archbold was an American businessman and one of the United States' earliest oil refiners. His small oil company was bought out by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company. Archbold rose
John Dustin Archbold portrait
Share of the Standard Oil Trust, issued 5 April 1882, made out to John Dustin Archbold
Archbold Stadium, Syracuse University
1912 political cartoon (Thomas E. Powers, US Library of Congress)
Standard Oil
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Standard Oil Company was a corporate trust in the petroleum industry that existed from 1882 to 1911. The origins of the trust lay in the operations of the Standard Oil Company, which had been founded
John Dustin Archbold
…1916) was an American businessman and one of the United States' earliest oil refiners. His small oil company was bought out by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company. Archbold rose rapidly at Standard Oil, handling many of the complex secret negotiations over the years. By 1882, he was Rockefeller's closest associate…
Share of the Standard Oil, issued May 1, 1878
Share of the Standard Oil Trust, issued January 18, 1883
Standard Oil Refinery No. 1 in Cleveland, Ohio, 1897
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt depicted as the infant Hercules grappling with Standard Oil in a 1906 Puck magazine cartoon by Frank A. Nankivell