Great River Road, 2016

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.

  • Collection: Wood River Museum Standard Oil Collection
Thumbnail Title Description Date Date Added
1957 Photgraph People walking to Barge across bridge for Open House Refinery Tour This is a black and white image of men and women on the open house tour of the refinery, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Standard Oil in Wood River, Illinois. The persons pictured are surveying a barge and the rigging attached to it.The people pictured are walking out to barge. 1957 November 8, 2018
1957 Photograph People on Stairway Outdoors at Open House Refinery Tour This is a black and white photograph of people walking down a stairwell with sign "Warning no Open Lights, No Smoking, No visitors," alongside piping and assorted industrial components in the background. On the front of the image was a Post-it labeled "Josephine Stahoviak Walter Blakely." This group was likely part of the 1957 open house tours of the Standard Oil refinery at Wood River, Illinois. 1957 November 8, 2018
1957 Open House Tour at Standard Oil This is an image of a group of men women and children being talked to by a woman inside of a large room. Several notes were attached to the front of the image labeled "Joy Wolf, Dottie Hull, Sherald Wanegan , Mary Wanegan." 1957 November 8, 2018
1957 Standard Oil Refinery Open House Group in front of Charter Bus Man with Megaphone and Hardhat Giving Tour This is a black and white group photograph in front of a charter bus as a man with a megaphone and hardhat gives a tour. The tour is likely part of the 1957 open house tours of the Standard Oil refinery, celebrating 50 years of Standard Oil Co. in Wood River, Illnois. 1957 November 8, 2018
1957 Open House Group in front Of Charter Bus man with Megaphone and Hardhat giving Tour This is a black and white group photograph in front of a charter bus as a man with a megaphone and hardhat gives a tour. The tour is likely part of the 1957 open house tours of the Standard Oil refinery, celebrating 50 years of Standard Oil Co. in Wood River, Illnois. 1957 November 8, 2018
1957 Open House at Standard Oil This is a black and white image of group of men women and children inside a large room, the photograph was likely taken as part of the 1957 open house tours. A post-it on front was labeled "Dottie hull, Bllis Brriggs." 1957 November 8, 2018
1957 People Working Standard Oil Open House This is a black and white candid taken inside of an office building of people signing what appear to be open house attendance lists. There are piles of canisters on the table which appear to be souvenirs of oil canisters to be handed out to guests. Post-its on the front were labeled "Joan Arnold, Dick Judson, Paul Clerk for Pipefitters." The Wood River Standard Oil Collection also houses the sign in sheets located on the table. 1957 November 8, 2018
1957 Standard Oil Open House Tour Group This is a black and white group photograph of people on tour inside of a room, this is likely part of the 1957 Standard Oil open house tours of the refinery as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations. 1957 November 8, 2018
1957 Women Working Open House Entry Table This is a black and white photograph of two women seated at table with papers and oil canister samples with Wood River Standard Oil 50th Anniversary sign. Men are standing behind the two women at right. Postits on front of the image labled "Joy Wolf, Linda Hill, Joyce Helmkamp, Jim Hell, Henry Dryden, George Nauyok." The sign in or attendance sheets at the entrance are also in the Wood River Standard Oil Collection. 1957 November 8, 2018
1957 Diorama Display Table with Onlookers This is a black and white photograph diorama display table with onlookers. A note labeled "Bob Hartman James Delaney" was attached to the image. 1957 November 8, 2018