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1948 Men Hand Stenciling Standard Oil Lubricant Cans |
This is a black and white photograph of men hand-stenciling 1-quart oil lubricant cans at Standard Oil. |
January 28, 1948 |
October 25, 2018 |
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1948 Photograph of Girls' Basketball Team |
This is a black and white photo of nine girls from the 1948-1949 girls' basketball team posing for a picture inside a gymnasium. Pictured in the front: Marian Ritter, Bernice Bosich, Emma Crum, Mildred Perica. Pictured in the back: Esther Johnson, Helen Emerick, Rose Manar, Mary Carpenter, Evelyn Skundrich. Vi Johnson was absent from the photograph. |
April 1948 |
November 15, 2018 |
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Shell Oil Company Souvenir Guide to Wood River Refinery |
This souvenir guide was produced by the Shell Oil Company to visitors of the Wood River refinery. The guide explains the history of the refinery, the refining process, and the research involved in refining. There are also several maps and figures as well as many images of the Wood River refinery included in the souvenir guide. |
July 28, 1948 |
November 15, 2018 |
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1949 Man on Moped in Refinery Yard |
This is a black and white photo of a man on a moped in the holding tank yard. The back of the image reads, "1949 Ferdinand Schueler" and "remember when." His last name is stenciled over rear tire of moped. |
1949 |
October 25, 2018 |
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1949 Photograph Standard Employees Help Bunker Hill Family Rebuild |
This is a black and white photograph of group of Standard Oil employees volunteering to rebuild a Bunker Hill, Illinois family's home. |
1949 |
November 13, 2018 |
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1948 Two men standing outside of Car |
This is a black and white photograph of men standing next to a car. On the back written, "Remember when," "Walter Blakely, Managers Secretary" & " Harold Cartwright, Chauffeur." The back of the image is also dated, "Jan 1949." |
January 1949 |
October 25, 2018 |
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Paper Print of Power Station Operators at Standard Oil |
This is a black and white photograph printed on cardstock. The bottom of the image is labeled "Power Station Operators: From left - John Bacheldor, Charles Davidson, Robert Hartman, Tim McCarthy, Art Proctor." |
Circa 1950 |
October 24, 2018 |
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1950 Standard Oil Employees Group Photograph of Bowlers |
This is a black and white photograph of seven man in middle holding bowling ball labeled "Champs 49/50," on back, "1950" in ink with names "Front Row- Palmer, Carter, Bethards. Back row - Blakely, Koch, Durham, Metzler." |
1950 |
November 8, 2018 |
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Ruan Trucking Company Drivers, Employees, and Trucks at Wood River Company Terminal in the 1950s |
This photograph shows Ruan Trucking Company drivers, terminal employees, and tanker trucks at the company terminal in Wood River in the 1950s. The company delivered refined petroleum products from all of the area refineries with tanker trucks. There are 39 male drivers and managers and one female employee, the office secretary, in front of company trucks at the terminal. One of the drivers is Carl McKenzie, who possessed the photograph. |
1950 - 1960 |
August 4, 2017 |
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1950s Workers of the Stanolind "A" |
This is a black and white photograph from the early 1950s of fourteen men and two women aboard the Stanolind "A." On the back of the photograph, the names of those pictured are listed. Top row: Skipper Joe Means, Chief Engineer Tom Wells, Pilot Vernon Eggenberg. Second Row: Charles Sontag (deckhand), Orville Noltensmeyer (first mate), Vick Kramer (second mate), Richard Hartsock (oiler), Noltensmeyer (deckhand). Third Row: Mrs. Ringhausen (first cook), Mr. Ringhausen (second cook), Susie Poore (maid), Baker (deckhand), Leroy Monje (engineer), (tankerman), Clem Shornhorst (engineer), Clifford Clifton (deckhand). |
Circa 1950s |
November 13, 2018 |