1926 Photograph of Round Pool

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

“1926 Photograph of Round Pool,” Madison Historical, accessed November 21, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1291.

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This is a black and white outdoor photograph of the circular pool, the pool was built and donated to the community by Standard Oil, on back "Original Pool 1926." The round pool was later demolished and replaced by an aquatic center in the 1980s.

Wood River Museum Standard Oil Collection

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

1926

• 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
• 1920s

• WRM-P-0070