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![Opening of Petroleum Hall, 1967, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1066].](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-OPA-1066/full/300,/0/default.jpg "Opening of Petroleum Hall, 1967, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1066].")
![Opening of Petroleum Hall, 1967, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1065].](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-OPA-1065/full/300,/0/default.jpg "Opening of Petroleum Hall, 1967, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1065].")
![Stephen P. Cauley, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0422].](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-SIA2008-0422/full/300,/0/default.jpg "Stephen P. Cauley, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0422].")
![Thomas G. Delbridge (d. 1965), Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0965].](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-SIA2008-0965-000001/full/300,/0/default.jpg "Thomas G. Delbridge (d. 1965), Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0965].")
![John C. Dean, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0927].](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-SIA2008-0927-000001/full/300,/0/default.jpg "John C. Dean, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0927].")
![Paul V. Keyser, Jr. (d. 1982), Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4771].](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-SIA2008-4771/full/300,/0/default.jpg "Paul V. Keyser, Jr. (d. 1982), Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4771].")