Buckets of grease, Pittsburgh Grease Plant, Pittsburgh, PA

Buckets of grease, Pittsburgh Grease Plant, Pittsburgh, PA

Photograph

Gordon Parks

Maker
American, 1912–2006

Buckets of grease, Pittsburgh Grease Plant, Pittsburgh, PA

March 1944
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Museum accession by exchange
1978.1069.0009
Inscriptions inscribed in ink on verso, TL: 3966
inscribed in ink on verso,TR: 3966
typed in black ink on label adhered to verso,C: G. Parks Pittsburgh Grease Plant March 1944 \ 3966 Buckets of grease for the armed forces ready \ to be loaded onto box cars.
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
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