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Acock Laboratory

Description: Exterior view of Acock Laboratories building with cars and company trucks parked in front. Truck painted with sign: "Another Load of Acock Brand Cotton Poisons, Acock Laboratories Ltd, Austin, Texas".
Date: October 8, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Acock Laboratory

Description: Exterior view of Acock Laboratories building with cars and company trucks parked in front. Truck painted with sign: "Another Load of Acock Brand Cotton Poisons, Acock Laboratories Ltd, Austin, Texas".
Date: October 8, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[An aerial view of Acock Laboratories]

Description: A distant aerial view of Acock Laboratories in East Austin. East Fifth street runs from left to right in the foreground. The Iglehart building is across the railroad tracks in the center. East 7th Street runs left to right in the upper left background is the baseball field [now Zaragoza Park]
Date: October 8, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[American Oil Company Refinery in Texas City in 1934]

Description: A view of the American Oil Refinery in Texas City in 1934. In the foreground, a man holds the reins to three mules in tandem, pulling something. A four wheeled car with metal drums and a flatbed truck can be seen behind the man. The refinery buildings, smokestacks and tanks and piping structures can be clearly seen in the picture. A row of railroad cars sit in front of the pipeline structure. On the back of the photograph in pencil is written "10-19-34." Taped to the back of the photograph… more
Date: October 19, 1934
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[American Oil Company workers in 1934]

Description: A group photograph of American Oil workers in 1934. A group of 28 men in light coats or jackets, some wearing shirts and ties, some wearing outdoor work clothes, have gathered for a group photograph. The photograph is taken on a dirt clearing in front of a wooden building. On the back of the photograph in pencil is written "2-14-34." Taped to the back of the photograph is "Donated to Texas City Historical Committee by American Oil Company Sept. 15, 1971."
Date: October 19, 1934
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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