James Russell Dodds (left), William Martin Jeffers, (second from left), Merril Tyson (second from right), and Colonel Bradley Dewey (right)

Summary

left to right: Texas City styrene plant distillation tower operator James Russell Dodds; William Martin Jeffers (1876-1953), U.S. Rubber Director at the War Production Board; Texas City styrene plant supervisor Merril Tyson; and Colonel Bradley Dewey (1887-1974), Deputy U.S. Rubber Director. Jeffers was president of Union Pacific Railroad, 1937-1946, and coordinated U.S. production of rubber during World War II. The War Production Board officials were inspecting the Monsanto Chemical Company plant in Texas City, Texas.

Subject

• Dodds, James Russell
• Jeffers, William M (William Martin) 1876-1953
• Tyson, Merril
• Dewey, Bradley 1887-1974
• United States Rubber Company
• United States War Production Board
• Union Pacific Railroad Company
• Monsanto Chemical Company

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4378

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

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Topic

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4378]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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