Simulation of an "attack", Bayway Refinery, Linden, New Jersey

Simulation of an "attack", Bayway Refinery, Linden, New Jersey

Photograph

Sol Libsohn

Maker
American, 1914–2001

Simulation of an "attack", Bayway Refinery, Linden, New Jersey

ca. 1946
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in. (24.1 × 19.2 cm)
Museum accession by exchange
1978.1069.0033
Inscriptions typed in black ink on label adhered to verso, T: Photo #7306 \ A simulated German structure bursts into flame a few seconds after it \ has been 'attacked' by oil
incendiary bombs. Structure was built in a concrete \ stall at the Bayway refinery of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey \ From: Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) \ Room 1626 30 Rockefeller Plaza \ New York 20, N.Y. Columbus 5-2700
inscribed in pencil on verso, C: 7306
stamped in red ink on verso, C: PLEASE CREDIT \ STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) \ PHOTO BY LIBSOHN [upside down]
Related Media

Review and updating of the museum's collection data is ongoing.
Inclusion of an object in this database does not guarantee its availability for loan.
For permission to use images from the online collections, please contact Image Rights and Reproductions.