Bluffs and Piasa Bird, 2016

1957 Women Working Open House Entry Table

Citation

“1957 Women Working Open House Entry Table,” Madison Historical, accessed November 25, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1283.

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Description

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.

Subjects

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

Date

1957

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Coverage

  • Wood River, Illinois
  • 1950s

Identifier

  • WRM-P-0064
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