1920s Standard Oil Company Wood River Refinery Band

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

“1920s Standard Oil Company Wood River Refinery Band,” Madison Historical, accessed November 24, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1554.

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This is a black and white photo of the Standard Oil Company "Famous Forty" band. The band is posed outdoors with their instruments. This photo was used in newspaper clippings and those clippings have descriptions with names of those included. See the 1920 "Original Famous Forty" Standard Oil Company Band image.

Wood River Museum Standard Oil Collection

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

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

• Photograph

• Black and white postcard
• jpg

• Wood River, Illinois

• WRM-P-0142