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Quaker State Refining Company, Oil City, Pennsylvania. Here is the crude-stripping tower, one of the many steps in the manufacture of the lubricants of war. Thousands of gallons of crude oil pour through this tower daily; it is here that impurities are extracted. Only the best oil is used for milita
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Quaker State Refining Company, Oil City, Pennsylvania. Here is the crude-stripping tower, one of the many steps in the manufacture of the lubricants of war. Thousands of gallons of crude oil pour through this tower daily; it is here that impurities are extracted. Only the best oil is used for milita

United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T. · 1941-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineQuaker State Refining Company, Oil City, Pennsylvania. Here is the crude-stripping tower, one of the many steps in the manufacture of the lubricants of war. Thousands of gallons of crude oil pour thro. 1941-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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