Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Elks caravan information cars at Shell station, Southern California, 1931

Elks caravan information cars at Shell station, Southern California, 1931 [image 2]

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Elks caravan information cars at Shell station, Southern California, 1931 [image 2]

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Photograph of men standing next to Elks caravan automobiles at Shell service station, Southern California, 1931. "Shell Service Inc." -- on exterior of gas station. "3325" -- address on gas station. "The Evergreen Playground; Seattle, Tacoma, Wa[shington]; Vancouver, Victoria, B[ritish] C[olumbia]; Pictorial Travelogue; Elks National Convention, Seattle, July 6-7-8-9 1931; The Evergreen Playgroud Pictorial Travel" -- on automobile exterior. "Tour with Van Durk; Shell Service Inc.; The V & D System" -- on automobile. "Official Car; V & D, Travel Information" -- on tire cover.

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Title Elks caravan information cars at Shell station, Southern California, 1931 [image 2]

Subject Advertising (lcsh), Automobiles (lcsh), Men (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-c170-28197

Identifier DW-1931-06-15-88~02.TIF (filename), whit-c170-28197 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 28197

Unique identifier UC12057227

Legacy Identifier DW-1931-06-15-88/DW-1931-06-15-88~02.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 31.9 in × 22.8 in at 300dpi
81.0 cm × 58.1 cm at 300dpi

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Title Elks caravan information cars at Shell station, Southern California, 1931

Inherited Title Elks caravan information cars at Shell station, Southern California, 1931 (title)

Description 2 photographs of men standing next to Elks caravan automobiles at Shell service station, Southern California, 1931. "Subject: Elks caravan information cars at Shell station; Agency; J. Walter Thompson; Client: Van Fleet and Durkee; Original print order: 3 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Re-order: 2 ea[ch] Size: 8x10; gl[ossy]; Year: 1931; Job: 6-15-88" -- on envelope front. "Extra charges: Eckternach; Original photographs-Size: 2, 8x10, In City, 3.00; Operator's report (Name): Joe" -- on envelope back.

Subject Advertising (lcsh), Automobiles (lcsh), Eckternach (personal name), Elks (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Shell Oil Co. (corporate name), Thompson, J. Walter (personal name), Van Fleet and Durkee (corporate name)

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

Coverage Temporal 1931

Inherited Subject Advertising (lcsh), Automobiles (lcsh), Eckternach (personal name), Elks (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Shell Oil Co. (corporate name), Thompson, J. Walter (personal name), Van Fleet and Durkee (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 1931

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

Format 2 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), 5x7 in. (format), B/W Nitrate (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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