Oil Well, an early automobile service station in Los Angeles, [s.d.]

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Photograph of the Oil Well, an early service station in Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The gas station can be seen on a street corner at center. A single gas pump can be seen on the left side of the station, and a small building shaped like an oil derrick can be seen at center. An early-model automobile can be seen at the pump. A two-story building can be seen in the background. Utility wires can be seen overhead, and a tall tree is visible in the background at left.; Legible signs include, from left: "1 Qt. Oil Free with 6 Gals. Gas", "Economy Gasoline 6 Gal. $1.11", "The Oil Well", "Grease Any Car", "Oil! Best 5 Gals Medium Western $1.25", and "Quick Tire Repair".

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Title Oil Well, an early automobile service station in Los Angeles, [s.d.]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Service stations (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Trees (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph: negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 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-m2066

Identifier 36293 (accession number), CHS-36293 (call number), CHS-36293 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3005 (legacy record id), chs-m2066 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3005

Unique identifier UC117238

Legacy Identifier CHS-36293.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.4 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
41.7 cm × 34.0 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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