Photograph
Jury in Oil Price Conspiracy Anti-Trust Case
| Group portrait of 14 men chosen for the jury in a federal petrolium industry trial. On trial were 22 oil companies, 46 individuals, and three publications for conspiring to artificially raise and fix gasoline prices throughout the Midwest, violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Case led Wisconsin Legislature to adopt the Unfair Sales Act in 1939. |
| Image ID: | 14932 |
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| Creation Date: | 10 05 1937 |
| Creator Name: | Black, William C. |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Photo Copy Service : Photo Copy Service photographs and negatives, 1925-1983 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6058.6075B |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Original print. See "Oil on Trial" article in Wisconsin Magazine of History, Summer 1983. |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Petroleum industry and trade |
| Courts |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Portraits, Group |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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