Browse Items (212 total)

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	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	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	This is a black and white portrait of Thomas E. Sunderland, the Standard Oil General Council.	Unknown	November 13, 2018
	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	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"	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	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	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	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	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