Vintage Mengo Van Esveldt Oil Scout Etching

Vintage circa 1920’s etching on paper by Menzo Van Esveldt. Signed in plate and titled Scene in the Oil Regions – An Oil Scout Under Fire, printed by Brown and Bigelow, St. Paul, Minnesota. Showing the at time dangerous job of an oil scount in the early years of the petroleum industry. Unframed, image size 8″ x 6.5″, age toning, crease along right side.