1907 Horse and Wagon in front of Holding Tanks

50th Anniversary, industry, refineries, Standard Oil Refinery, Wood River

“1907 Horse and Wagon in front of Holding Tanks,” Madison Historical, accessed April 20, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1202.

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This is a black and white 8" by 10" image of a family in a horse drawn wagon in the foreground, overlooking holding tanks and smokestacks. On the back, a Post-It note reads, "Standard Oil Wood River 1907 Corner of Madison and St. Louis Road." The image is stamped by "Wood River Public Library." Print on the back of image reads, "S.O.W.R Refinery View Looking SE from N.W. corner of Refinery - Property 1907."

Wood River Museum Standard Oil Collection

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

1907

• Standard Oil Involvement in the Wood River Community
• Standard Oil’s Company Housing in Wood River, Illinois
• Wood River

• Photograph

• Black and white photographic print
• jpg

• Wood River, Illinois
• 1900s

• WRM-P-0023