Photographs of Michigan petroleum workers' families, 1930,1956.

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Photographs of Michigan petroleum workers' families, 1930,1956.

Collection of 30 black and white photographs measuring 10cm.x15cm. [4"x6"] to 5cm.x5cm. [2"x2"] of families of Michigan petroleum workers, 1930-1956 (Scattered). The photographs document: Bob Tennant, his family and friends, including Bob, Lorena, Tim and Al G. Tennant, and the Walt Needs family, buildings, and derricks in Weidman, Sherman Township (Isabella County, Mich.), 1930,1956 (18 photographs total); petroleum workers and their families, school kids, buildings in Reed City (Mich.), 1940-1944 (7 photographs total); and petroleum workers and their families related to the Porter oil field of Midland County (Mich.), 1930, 1946 (5 photographs total). All the petroleum workers worked for the Pure Oil Company.

1 folder : ill.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7788162

Related Entities

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Needs family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jt8z14 (family)

Pure Oil Company

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Tennant, Al G.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60w22xg (person)

The Bob Tennant and Walt Needs families worked for the Pure Oil Company and lived in Weidman and Sherman Township (Isabella County, Mich.). In 2005, Al G. Tennant lived in Holland (Mich.). Nof further information is available on these people. From the description of Photographs of Michigan petroleum workers' families, 1930,1956. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 60804809 ...

Tennant family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rk3s5d (family)