1952 Five Men Laughing Outside of Building During Standard Oil Company Strike

50th Anniversary, cars, industry, refineries, Standard Oil Refinery, strike, warehouse, Wood River

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This is a black and white photograph of five men standing in a group talking and laughing next to a brick warehouse building and car during the 1952 Standard Oil at Wood River strike. The image dimensions are 4.5x2.75,"

Wood River Museum Standard Oil Collection

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

1952

• 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
• 1950s

• WRM-P-0150