![Portrait of S.A. Montgomery Portrait of S.A. Montgomery](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/63755f54dff1d97b0fc616ea5f979712.jpg) |
Portrait of S.A. Montgomery |
This is a black and white portrait of S.A. Montgomery, the General Manager of Manufacturing at Standard Oil Company. |
Unknown |
November 13, 2018 |
![Portrait of W.J. McGill Portrait of W.J. McGill](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/4114893e1123eab884a25ba5aab9e3bf.jpg) |
Portrait of W.J. McGill |
This is a black and white portrait of W.J. McGill, the General Manager of Employee and Public Relations at Standard Oil Company. |
Unknown |
November 13, 2018 |
![Portrait Thomas E. Sunderland Portrait Thomas E. Sunderland](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/88202c7c60497b8de67cbb0a0576d7b6.jpg) |
Portrait Thomas E. Sunderland |
This is a black and white portrait of Thomas E. Sunderland, the Standard Oil General Council. |
Unknown |
November 13, 2018 |
![Postcard Standard Oil Office Postcard Standard Oil Office](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/6fac22e65ab62bd908d2c58b847cfc4d.jpg) |
Postcard Standard Oil Office |
This is an un-mailed Postcard, with a sepia colored image of the "Standard Oil Refinery, Wood River Ill." On the back of the card noted " 1908 Van Dyke Circle Stills" "Pipe Stills Replaced These." |
Unknown |
October 25, 2018 |
![Ruan Trucking Company Drivers, Employees, and Trucks at Wood River Company Terminal in the 1950s Ruan Trucking Company Drivers, Employees, and Trucks at Wood River Company Terminal in the 1950s](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/d8801733441ad12cb8d8e97cb523cc23.jpg) |
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 |
![September 2017 Issue of "100 Years at the Wood River Refinery" September 2017 Issue of "100 Years at the Wood River Refinery"](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/2dcb9dd968ad5bd42b12489372670883.jpg) |
September 2017 Issue of "100 Years at the Wood River Refinery" |
This newsletter, originally distributed by email, is part of a series of newsletters released by the Wood River Refinery History Museum on the refinery's centennial. |
September 2017 |
November 14, 2017 |
![Shell Oil Company Souvenir Guide to Wood River Refinery Shell Oil Company Souvenir Guide to Wood River Refinery](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/9925e166e0b4e7f3e2f6ecbd32014d98.jpg) |
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 |
![Stamped Postcard Standard Oil Office Stamped Postcard Standard Oil Office](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/16cf1b6fa13a9e594d9769215f661e58.jpg) |
Stamped Postcard Standard Oil Office |
This is a black and white postcard, of the front and left side of the Main Office building. The bottom left corner of the image on the postcard is labeled "Standard Oil Office, Wood River Ill." Written on the back, "Mon - 19, Dear Aunt Effie: Would you please bring Helen's and my 'wedgies' [unintelligble] when you come Weds? Please thats all now. See you Weds Love, Caral." This postcard is addressed to "Miss E.H. MarKey 756 N 75th St. E. St. Louis, Illinois" and is stamped with a "1 cent George Washington United States Postage Stamp" The post office stamp reads, "Bettendorf IOWA June 19 1:30 PM 1939." |
June 19, 1939 |
October 24, 2018 |
![Standard Oil "Community Leader" Article Standard Oil "Community Leader" Article](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/26dc7ea466974781dab8ff0c09eb34bf.jpg) |
Standard Oil "Community Leader" Article |
This is an article written by the Wood River museum, illustrating community outreach programs by Standard Oil in the 20th century. |
Unknown |
November 12, 2018 |
![Standard Oil Co. Boiler House with Shops on Right Standard Oil Co. Boiler House with Shops on Right](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/e5c3e8814144cb3e618ff8f7cb393e6b.jpg) |
Standard Oil Co. Boiler House with Shops on Right |
This is a black and white photograph gifted to the Wood River Museum from the Wood River Library. On the back an attached note reads, "west view of #1 boiler house shops on right." |
Unknown |
October 25, 2018 |