Exterior view of a Gilmore gas station in an unidentified location, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an exterior view of a Gilmore gas station in an unidentified location, [s.d.]. The small gas station is at center and has six pumps, three in the foreground at center, and three in the background at right. A small store can be seen in the background at center, while a tall tower with the word "Gilmore" on its side and a lion on the top rises from the roof. The station is shown at night and is brightly lit, especially around the edges of the roof and on the tower.; Legible signs include, from left: "Lion Head", "[W]illard Garage Batteries", "Firestone Tires", "Gilmore Blu-Green Gasoline", "No Smoking", "Stop", "Fleet Gasoline", "U. L. Anderson", "Contains Lead", and "Gilmore Red Lion Gasoline".

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Title Exterior view of a Gilmore gas station in an unidentified location, [s.d.]

Subject Anderson, U. L. (subject), Automobiles -- Service stations (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Gilmore Gas Station (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Gas Stations (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21033

Identifier 32942 (accession number), CHS-32942 (call number), CHS-32942 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20050 (legacy record id), chs-m21033 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20050

Unique identifier UC122200

Legacy Identifier CHS-32942.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.5 in × 19.3 in at 300dpi
39.4 cm × 49.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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