Esther Bubley
Tomball Gasoline plant- Distillation unit with gasoline stills in the foreground. Gasoline is made here from natural gas

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Tomball Gasoline plant- Distillation unit with gasoline stills in the foreground. Gasoline is made here from natural gas
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ArtistAmerican, 1921–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tomball Gasoline plant- Distillation unit with gasoline stills in the foreground. Gasoline is made here from natural gas
Date1945
Place depictedTomball, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (24.1 × 17.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 1/8 in. (24 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Kenneth Polin
Object number2014.766
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceKenneth Polin, San Diego; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top right in ink: 25028; bottom right in ink reading vertically: 25028; center in pencil: 25028
bottom edge in pencil from left to right: Tomball, TX 225 (a) #25028
verso bottom right in pencil: Esther Bubley
verso center a stamp in red: PLEASE CREDIT / STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) / PHOTO BY BUBLEY
bottom right a stamp in red: PLEASE RETURN UNUSED PHOTOS TO / STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) / PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. / 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA / NEW YORK, 20, NEW YORK
center a typed paper label: Bubley Texas June, '45 / 25028 Tomball. Gasoline plant. Distillation unit with / gasoline stills in the foreground. Gasoline is made / here from natural gas.

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