Wood River Museum Standard Oil Collection (199 total)

This collection of photographs and documents related to the history of the Standard Oil refinery were loaned to us by the Wood River Museum to be digitized.

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	1947 Flood Photograph of Standard Oil Company Sign	This is a small black and white photograph labeled on the back as, "Flood 1947 p 17 Units." In the foreground is a sidewalk with rising waters, a fence, and a "Standard Oil Company Crown Gasoline" billboard.	1947	October 25, 2018
	1947 Thirteen Men Posing for Group Photograph in Front of Building	This is a black and white photograph that was taken on February 13, 1947. The image shows thirteen men posing for a group photograph in front of a building. Pictured in the back row, left to right: Holcumb, Payne, Hershey, Ordemm, Nevitt, Wainwright, McCormick, Stockdale. Pictured in the front row, left to right: Pfieffer, Naef, Jolley, Roedel, Allen.	February 13, 1947	November 15, 2018
	1947 Truck Loading Racks	A black and white reprint of a photograph of parked cars and refinery trucks in the refinery lot. Labeled on bottom right corner "1947 - Loading Racks," penned on the back, "Trucks loading racks 1947 p8 Units."	1947	October 15, 2018
	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
	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
	1948 Standard Oil Main Office Building	This is an image of the "1948 front of main office" building which was "...completed 1908" as labeled on the back of the image.	1948	November 12, 2018
	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
	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
	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
	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