William M. Irons, War Emergency Pipeline Pumping Station, Eagle, Pennsylvania

William M. Irons, War Emergency Pipeline Pumping Station, Eagle, Pennsylvania

Photograph

Gordon Parks

Maker
American, 1912–2006

William M. Irons, War Emergency Pipeline Pumping Station, Eagle, Pennsylvania

[War Emergency pipeline pumping station, Eagle, Pennsylvania]


November 1944
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 11/16 × 7 5/8 in. (19.5 × 19.4 cm)
Museum accession by exchange
1978.1069.0008
Inscriptions inscribed in pencil on verso, TRC: 16071
typed in black ink on label adhered to verso, C: Parks War Emergency Pipeline Nov. 1944 \ Pumping Station \ Eagle Pa. \ 16071 William M. Irons, tank foreman of Division No. 6 is in charge of tank \ repair crew.
stamped in red ink on verso, BC: 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, BLC: 16071
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