Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

211 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931

211 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 [image 1]

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211 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 [image 1]

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Photograph of exterior of 211 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931. "Drive in please out pleased; High Pressure Lubrication 75 cents; Gas 8" -- on signs. "Auto Repairing, Battery and Igntion; Free Battery Test, New batteries $4.99, [ilg]; Rest Rooms, Vulcanizing and Tire Repairs, Office,; Your choice; Price War! Batteries, tires, gasoline, etc." -- on buildings. "Radio Free, ask us; The New Zerolene; Western Oil 15 cents, 2 for 25 cents, Zerolene Oil, 15 cents; Federal Tires, Used Tires, Tubes, All Sizes" -- on signs. "Oil 1.29; [ilg] 3.90; 45 [ilg]; 30, 3.00; 30, 50.00, 5.35; 29, 4.40, 3.89, Tops dressed $1" -- on tire signs. "Foy's Best Gas 8" -- on sign. "211 N[orth] Figueroa" -- address on building.

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Title 211 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 [image 1]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

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-c170-17701

Identifier DW-1931-14-04-41~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-17701 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17701

Unique identifier UC12030214

Legacy Identifier DW-1931-14-04-41/DW-1931-14-04-41~01.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 32.2 in × 22.8 in at 300dpi
81.7 cm × 58.1 cm at 300dpi

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Title 211 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931

Inherited Title 211 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 (title)

Description 2 photographs of exterior of 211 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931. "Subject: 211 No[rth] Figueroa; Client: Foys Service Station, Mr. Foy; Original print order: 1 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10, 5x7; Finish: gl[ossy]; Re-order: 1 ea[ch], 1 #1; Year: 1931; Job: 14-4-41" -- on envelope front. "Operator's report: Hal; Original photographs: 2; Size: 8x10; Amount: 3.00; Extra charges: Foy" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Foy (personal name), Foy's Service Station (corporate name), Hal (personal name), Men (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Zeroline Gas (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial 211 North Figueroa Street (roadway), California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.059028,-118.251356 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1931

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Foy (personal name), Foy's Service Station (corporate name), Hal (personal name), Men (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Zeroline Gas (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 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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