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Woodworker's tool chest: oil can

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  • This item was contained in a tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. This small oil can has a green and yellow label with black lettering that states in part "Standard Household Lubricant- Standard Oil Company Indiana." The can's contents were used for lubricating tools and other items. The Standard Oil Company was organized in Ohio about 1870 by brothers John D. and William Rockefeller and other partners. John D. emerged as the dominant partner and by 1889 had established this company in northern Indiana. The company merged with American Oil Company (Amoco) in the 1920s although the name did not disappear until the 1980s. In the 1990s Amoco lost their American ownership by merging with British Petroleum to become known as BP. Stalcup was a skilled carpenter, millwright, and woodworker who worked in and around Waynesville, N.C., Macon County, N.C., and Hiawassee, Ga., circa 1880s-1930. The chest contains a variety of woodworking tools typically used by craftsmen in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Object
  • This item was contained in a tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. This small oil can has a green and yellow label with black lettering that states in part "Standard Household Lubricant- Standard Oil Company Indiana." The can's contents were used for lubricating tools and other items. The Standard Oil Company was organized in Ohio about 1870 by brothers John D. and William Rockefeller and other partners. John D. emerged as the dominant partner and by 1889 had established this company in northern Indiana. The company merged with American Oil Company (Amoco) in the 1920s although the name did not disappear until the 1980s. In the 1990s Amoco lost their American ownership by merging with British Petroleum to become known as BP. Stalcup was a skilled carpenter, millwright, and woodworker who worked in and around Waynesville, N.C., Macon County, N.C., and Hiawassee, Ga., circa 1880s-1930. The chest contains a variety of woodworking tools typically used by craftsmen in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.