1931 Print John Davison Rockefeller Standard Oil Petroleum Portrait FZ1 XGIA8 the Columbia Broadcasting System

the Columbia Broadcasting System

an iron chemist

" by Lee Townsend

many of these blemishes could be eliminated by framing

This is an original 1903 halftone print of a detail of the painting

1931 Print John Davison Rockefeller Standard Oil Petroleum Portrait FZ1 XGIA8 the Columbia Broadcasting SystemThis is an original 1931 color print portrait of John D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller was the founder of Standard Oil, and became the first person in America who was worth more than a billion dollars. Standard OIl was a monopoly and fueled the trust busting movement. The company was known for underselling its goods to ward off competitors, and seemed to always prevail against critics and politicians. Rockefeller was a controversial character, but spent a