Linseed oil is the oil from the plant linum usitatissiumum. It is not a new oil, for we read that the Greeks and Romans used it, not as it is used today, but as a food, and it is still used for that purpose in some countries, especially in Russia,...
The motivation to determine a viable alternative to petroleum based energy has risen in recent years due to increased greenhouse gas emissions, environmental pollution, and the fear of exhausting oil and natural gas reserves. Biodiesel derived from...
Continental Oil Company station at 431 Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Service station has cars in both the washing and greasing bays, and three workers and a patron turn towards the camera for the photo. The gasoline pumps are closer to the...
A runged, metal oil derrick which narrows at the top is shooting oil and surrounded by two low, sloping wood structures. The well is set back in a field in front of a row of leafy trees.
The lower part of an oil derrick; within its base is an open-mouthed wood structure the width of the base, inside which a few men are standing. There are several small wood shacks to the left of the oil well, with a man nearby, and a man a stands...
Five visible rows of cylindrical oil tanks extending back. Mountains are in the background, and a river or creek crosses in front of the rows with brush on the other side. Handwritten on back: This is a view of the oil tanks. There [are] 35...
Oil well drilling rigs; Oil wells; Men; Smokestacks
An oil derrick with a projecting wood chute and wooden shelter. There are wood boards lying on the ground. Left of the derrick, two men stand in front of a cylindrical engine which is blowing steam. Further left is a smokestack.
A man stands and waves something above his head at the very top of an oil derrick. Another man stands at the top edge of the wooden structure within the derrick. Four men stand on the ground alongside the derrick. The projecting part of the wood...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Offices;
Location: 426 West Bloom Street. Current uses: School of Urban and Public Affairs. Former uses: housed the Center for Urban and Economic Research, Standard Oil of Kentucky headquarters. Square footage: 38927.
Dark smoke rises from the ground in an expanding column with a hole in the center near the top, as an oil well burns in front of a backdrop of trees, witnessed by a crowd of mostly men but also children, a baby held by a man, and a woman with a...
A man stands on the very top of an oil derrick in a meadow; several other men are at the base. In the background to the left is another derrick; behind that is a row of leafy trees.
Petroleum industry; Railroad stations; Railroad tracks; Railroad cars; Children; Boys
View of railroad tracks, an oil derrick, and several small buildings, including one bearing the name "The Inter-State Petroleum Co." A boy stands in profile at the top of the embankment near the tracks. A few more children stand in front...
Barges; Disasters; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Damaged American Barge Line oil barge after it exploded while tied to the bank at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Printed in the lower right corner is "oil barge after explosion, 7:45 AM -- 5-23-29".
Smoke rises from the ground in a darkening and widening column near a small shelter. Two men in white shirts stand in front. One man has his arms crossed and one is holding onto his suspenders. Leafy trees encircle the clearing and there is also a...
Catalog of an exhibition of photographs from the Standard Oil of New Jersey collection presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute and the U of L Photographic Archives, April 1-15, 1971.
Barges; Disasters; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Heavy smoke pours from an American Barge Line oil barge after it exploded while tied to the bank at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana on May 23, 1929. Two unidentified men are in a rowboat nearby. According to the...
Barges; Disasters; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Thick black smoke rises from an American Barge Line oil barge after it exploded while tied to the bank at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken "Thurs....
A wagon or cart with Standard Oil engraved on a barrel-shaped container on a dirt path at the edge of a drop-off leading to water. Title supplied by cataloger.
