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Six Wells on the Verge of Completion on the Properties of This Company as You Read These Lines

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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.

For other maps in the collection related to fraudulent or suspicious financial transactions, Search > fraud.

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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:
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