Oil industries

Unidentified men inspecting finished length of 24 inch seamless pipe for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc., at Lorain Works.

Cutting off and making 30 degree bevel of 24 inch seamless pipe for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. (oil pipelines) at Lorain Works. Unidentified man running the machine.

24 inch seamless pipe on cooling table for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. at Lorain Works.

First piercing operation of first length 24 inch seamless for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc at Lorain Works.

First length of 24 inch seamless pipe on cooling table for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. at Lorain Work on July 9, 1942.

Secretary Harold Ickes (at right), Petroleum Administrator for War, taking a White House door mat after he and Bill Boyd, Chairman of the Petroleum Industry War Council (not in photo), presented to the President the Council's report of the amount of rubber collected by the petroleum industry. Others unidentified.

Two unidentified men sitting at table full of telegrams, evidently related to the oil industry or the oil pipeline.

Ed Price (left), General Superintendent, Lorain Works; Harold L. Ickes (center), Petroleum Administrator for War; and B.F. Fairless (right) during an inspection of 24 inch pipe for a 550 mile pipeline.

Ralph K. Davies (left), Deputy Petroleum Administrator for war, and William R. Boyd, Jr. (right), Chairman of the Petroleum Industry War Council, carrying telegrams from the Executive office of the White House regarding the progress of the Rubber Stockpile Drice which they and Secretary Harold Ickes have just exhibited to the President.

Secretary Harold Ickes (at right), Petroleum Administrator for War, taking a White House door mat after he and Bill Boyd, Chairman of the Petroleum Industry War Council, presented to the President the Council's report of the amount of rubber collected by the petroleum industry. Others unidentified.