Bluffs and Piasa Bird, 2016

1955 Standard Office Personnel in front of Main Office Building

Citation

“1955 Standard Office Personnel in front of Main Office Building,” Madison Historical, accessed December 26, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1191.

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Description

This is a black and white photograph with white border and label. The image depicts office personnel standing and sitting on the steps in front of the main office building. A sign for the building reads "Office Standard Oil Co." The bottom middle of the front of the image is labeled, "Personnel in picture taken of Main Office Force September, 1955." On the back of the image is penned, "p 15 Remember when." Additionally an attached piece of carbon paper lists the names of the personnel in the photograph arranged in rows from left to right.

Subjects

  • industry
  • culture
  • Wood River
  • refineries
  • Standard Oil Refinery

Date

September 1955

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Coverage

  • Wood River, Illinois
  • 1950s

Identifier

  • WRM-P-0014
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