Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Service stations, Union Oil Co., Southern California, 1932

Service stations, Union Oil Co., Southern California, 1932 [image 4]

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Service stations, Union Oil Co., Southern California, 1932 [image 4]

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Photograph of service station, Southern California, 1932. "New... 76 Gasoline; For Sale, Cheap Rock-Trees, Plants, Etc.; Dange[r], Excavati[on], Department [of] Water & Pow[er]; A Union Motor Oil" -- signage on street. "Union Service Stations Inc.; Stop Your Motor, Union Gasoline, No Smoking; Union Oil Products; 200 extra miles, Motorite, A Union Motor Oil; In Case of Fire, While Filling Cars, Stop the Pump, Don't Pull The Hose From [ilg], Use Pyren[ilg], Use [Foamite] Or Soda [ilg] Extinguisher If Fire [ilg], Use Sand, Dirt, Or Water [ilg], Don't Open The Hood [ilg] Under Hood Through [ilg]; Firestone" --signage on building. "Contains Lead, (Tetraethyl) And Is To Be Used As Motor Fuel Only, Not For Cleaning Or Any Other Use. Avoid Spilling; Union 76; Union Ethyl; Union 76 Gasoline; Unoco [G]asoline; Union Ethyl Gasoline" -- on gas pumps. "76 Is Always Fresh; Specialized Lubrication, [ilg] Chek-Chart [ilg], The Diagram Of Your Car" -- in store window.

Asset Metadata

Title Service stations, Union Oil Co., Southern California, 1932 [image 4]

Subject 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-c170-33675

Identifier DW-1932-09-27-119~04.TIF (filename), whit-c170-33675 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 33675

Unique identifier UC12077327

Legacy Identifier DW-1932-09-27-119/DW-1932-09-27-119~04.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 32.4 in × 23.2 in at 300dpi
82.4 cm × 59.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Service stations, Union Oil Co., Southern California, 1932

Inherited Title Service stations, Union Oil Co., Southern California, 1932 (title)

Description 4 photographs of service stations and 8 photographs of diagrams, Southern California, 1932. "Subject: Service Stations; Client: Union Oil Co[mpany], mail to --> C.T. Sullivan, 628 Union Oil B[ui]ld[in]g; Original Print Order: 1 ea[ch]; Size: contact; Finish: gl[ossy]; Mount: no margin; Year: 1932; Job 9-27-119" -- on envelope front. "4 Original Photographs - Size: 8x10; 4 Copies (Print Extra): titles etc.; Amount: 9.00, 7.50; Extra Charges: C.T. Sullivan" -- on envelope back.

Subject 76 Gasoline (corporate name), American Telephone & Telegram Co. (corporate name), Atlas (corporate name), Charts, diagrams, etc. (lcsh), Firestone (corporate name), Motorite (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Shell (corporate name), Solvidor (corporate name), Southern California Telephone Co. (corporate name), Standard Oil Products (corporate name), Sullivan, C. T. (personal name), Union Gasoline (corporate name), Union Oil Co. (corporate name), Union Service Stations Inc. (corporate name), Unoco Gasoline (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1932

Inherited Subject 76 Gasoline (corporate name), American Telephone & Telegram Co. (corporate name), Atlas (corporate name), Charts, diagrams, etc. (lcsh), Firestone (corporate name), Motorite (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Shell (corporate name), Solvidor (corporate name), Southern California Telephone Co. (corporate name), Standard Oil Products (corporate name), Sullivan, C. T. (personal name), Union Gasoline (corporate name), Union Oil Co. (corporate name), Union Service Stations Inc. (corporate name), Unoco Gasoline (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 1932

Creator Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

Format 12 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), 5x7 in. (format), B/W Nitrate (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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