Oil City All-Stars
1607, 2021

Oil City All-Stars

…for the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Maritime Commission. Tony Como Tony Como Oil City claimed a famous pugilist, too, among its cadre of outstanding athletes. Anthony “Tony” Como,…

Oil Well Supply
0601, 2023

Oil Well Supply

…drew more than 4,000 people. It held annual Shop Nights for fathers and sons that featured entertainment like speakers, movies, orchestras and “the Oil Well Hillbillies.” Oil Well Supply built…

From Oil to Oz
0810, 2021

From Oil to Oz

…purchased an oil company that specialized in lubricants. Soon after, L. Frank Baum and Benjamin Baum Jr., Benjamin Sr.’s sons, founded the Castorine Oil Co. that produced axle grease. The…

Early Theaters
2207, 2022

Early Theaters

…city’s “premiere entertainment palace,” the Col. Drake Theatre opened with much fanfare on Aug. 27, 1928. The theater and adjacent office building occupied nine lots on Seneca Street. The opening…

0207, 2021

Hasson Park

…commission consisting of P.C. Boyle, Eugene Liebel and F.W. Bowen. At a meeting in the Oil Exchange, the trio decided to put Hasson’s objection aside and name the property Hasson…

The Boom
1308, 2021

The Boom

…Aug. 27, 1928. The movie theater was located on North Seneca Street. A patron could buy a booklet of admission tickets for shows at the Col. Drake Theater. The cost…

South Side: 50’s & 60’s
1410, 2022

South Side: 50’s & 60’s

…Can’t Get It.” The store annually advertised: “Look what’s happened to Lewis Hardware.…nothing. Nothing that you can notice, that is. Yet Lewis Hardware is the oldest full-time and full-line hardware…

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100 Years of YWCA
1202, 2024

100 Years of YWCA

…E.A. Burch and seconded by Mrs. E.R. Gnade, Federation members. Membership was open to women and girls of “any race, color or creed” declared the club charter. OIL CITY: 1924…

Grand Spectacles
0312, 2021

Grand Spectacles

…greatest holiday season in retail selling history.” That was based on employment picking up, he said. There was good business news in the city. The Pennsylvania Telephone Co. announced it…