Gene Tomberlin waves to one of the station's oilers, West Texas, Texas

Gene Tomberlin waves to one of the station's oilers, West Texas, Texas

Photograph

Esther Bubley

Maker
American, 1921–1998

Gene Tomberlin waves to one of the station's oilers, West Texas, Texas

ca. 1946
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 3/16 × 9 7/16 in. (18.3 × 24 cm)
Gift of Standard Oil of New Jersey
1980.0209.0001
Inscriptions inscribed in pencil on verso, TRC: 28598
inscribed in pencil on verso, C: 28598
typed in black ink onto label adhered on verso, C: West Texas \ 28598 Coming into Humble pipeline Station B at the end of \ the week, Gene Tomberlin rides by the big storage \ tanks and waves to one of the station's oilers who \ is gauging a tank.
stamped in red ink on verso, C: PLEASE CREDIT \ STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.)
stamped in red ink on verso, BRC: PLEASE RETURN UNUSED PHOTOS TO \ STANDARD OIL (N.J.) \ PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. \ 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA \ NEW YORK 20, N.Y
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