1952 Men Posing Behind Oil Rail Car During Strike

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

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This is a black and white photograph of three men standing and leaning against an oil rail car sitting on tracks during the 1952 Standard Oil at Wood River strike.

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-0165