Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Venice police filling up with Purr-Pull gas, 11520 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1930

Venice police filling up with Purr-Pull gas, 11520 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1930 [image 1]

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Photograph of 5 men with automobiles and motorcycles at service station, 11520 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1930. "Dewey's Garage, P[ilg]; Motorite, a union motor oil, Union Oil Company" -- on signs. "Ford" -- on car. "E2[ilg] CA[L] [ilg]" -- on license plate. "C[ilg] [ilg]" -- on building. "Purr-[ilg], United [Sta]tes Ri[ilg]" -- on truck. "11520 Washington B[ou]l[e]v[ar]d" -- address on sign.

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Title Venice police filling up with Purr-Pull gas, 11520 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1930 [image 1]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Motorcycles (lcsh), Police (lcsh), Pumping machinery (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

Source University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Access Conditions Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/whit-c170-29577

Identifier DW-1930-11-13-67~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-29577 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 29577

Unique identifier UC12067461

Legacy Identifier DW-1930-11-13-67/DW-1930-11-13-67~01.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 22.8 in × 32.2 in at 300dpi
58.0 cm × 81.9 cm at 300dpi

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Title Venice police filling up with Purr-Pull gas, 11520 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1930

Inherited Title Venice police filling up with Purr-Pull gas, 11520 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1930 (title)

Description 4 photographs of men, motorcycles, and automobiles at service station, 11520 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1930. "Subject: Venice police filling up with Purr-Pull Gas; Agency: Logan & Stebbins; Client: united Sates [sic] Refining Co., 1011 Board of trade b[ui]ld[in]g; Original print order: 1 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Year: 1930; Job: 11-13-67" -- on envelope front. "Operator's report: Joe; Original photographs: 3, 1; Size: 8x10; Hours: 1/2 @ 2.00; Amount: 1.00, 5 00, 1.00; Extra charges: Miss Griffin # 9612" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Griffin (personal name), Logan & Stebbins (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Motorcycles (lcsh), Motorite (corporate name), Police (lcsh), Pumping machinery (lcsh), Purr-Pull (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Union Oil Company (corporate name), United States Refining Co. (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial 11520 Washington Boulevard (roadway), California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.001096,-118.416089 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1930

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Griffin (personal name), Logan & Stebbins (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Motorcycles (lcsh), Motorite (corporate name), Police (lcsh), Pumping machinery (lcsh), Purr-Pull (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Union Oil Company (corporate name), United States Refining Co. (corporate name)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

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

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Date Created 1930

Creator Carter, Joseph E. (photographer), Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

Format 4 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), 5x7 in. (format), B/W Nitrate (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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