Six Wells on the Verge of Completion on the Properties of This Company as You Read These Lines
- Title:
- Six Wells on the Verge of Completion on the Properties of This Company as You Read These Lines
- Alternate Title:
- Six Wells on the Verge of Completion
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Winkler-Yates Oil Royalties; Reardon, Leo F.
- Date:
- 1928
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 1227.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1227_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Subject:
- Money & Finance
Advertising & Promotion
Deception/Distortion - Measurement:
- 2 maps, one 30 x 18, the other 20 x 17 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- These two maps highlight a series of promotional materials (ID ##1227.01-.03) for properties developed by Winkler-Yates Oil Royalties and its principal, Leo F. Reardon. Among the claims in these materials: "Thundering Flood of Yates Oil Shatters All Records in Annals of Oil!" "Where in Oildom Is There a Finer Royalty Spread Than This?" Two years later, in Fort Worth federal court, Leo Reardon was convicted of fraud in connection with these ventures and sentenced to Leavenworth. Corsicana [Texas] Daily Sun, December 13, 1930. Pending appeal, he became a fugitive from justice and was eventually arrested in New Orleans. Palm Beach News, January 5, 1932.
From the end of the 19th century through the 1930s, maps were often used in brochures and other materials promoting the sale of shares in speculative oil and mining ventures. The collection includes a number of such maps in circumstances where there is evidence – sometimes compelling – that fraud or other misconduct was involved. For others, Search > speculative.
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.