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Samuel M. Kier

1870

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Samuel M. Kier
  • Title
  • Samuel M. Kier
  • Identifier
  • MSP33.B006.F02.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP33.B006.F02.I01
  • Description
  • Caption on the back of the photograph reads, “Born 1813, died 1874. Was owner of railroad link in Pennsylvania Canal system. Hired B. F. Jones, Sr. and made him manager. Also was in iron business with B. F. Jones a short time at Armaugh, Pennsylvania, before Jones, Lauth & Co. was founded.” Samuel Kier, America’s first oil refiner, industrialist and transporter, was also involved in the pottery, coal mining, and steel businesses.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Kier, Samuel M., 1813-1874.
  • Source
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Collection Photographs, 1864-1953, MSP 33, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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