Conversion from oil to coal, Bayway Refinery, Linden, New Jersey

Conversion from oil to coal, Bayway Refinery, Linden, New Jersey

Photograph

Gordon Parks

Maker
American, 1912–2006

Conversion from oil to coal, Bayway Refinery, Linden, New Jersey

[Conversion from oil to coal, Bayway Refinery, Linden, N.J.]


January 1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 7/16 × 7 5/8 in. (21.4 × 19.4 cm)
Museum accession by exchange
1978.1069.0004
Inscriptions inscribed in blue ink on verso, TRC: 46751
typed in black ink on label adhered to verso, C: Parks Conversion from oil to coal \ boiler house, Bayway Refinery, \ Linden, N.J. jan. '48 \ 46751 Workmen dumping car loads of coal into storage bins.
inscribed in pencil on versco C: 46751 (under applied label)
stamped in red ink on verso, C: PLEASE CREDIT \ STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J) \ PHOTO BY PARKS
stamped in red ink on verso, BRC: PLEASE RETUR UNUSED PHOTOS TO \ STANDARD OIL CO, (N.J) \ PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. \ 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA \ NEW YORK, 20, NEW YORK
inscribed in blue ink on verso, RB: 46751 [written vertically]
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