1952 Three Men Chatting Behind Oil Rail Car on Tracks

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

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This black and white photograph shows three men chatting behind an oil rail car on railroad tracks during the 1952 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-0174