Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Walter Murphy service, full line, Southern California, 1931

Walter Murphy service, full line, Southern California, 1931 [image]

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Walter Murphy service, full line, Southern California, 1931 [image]

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Photograph of men and automobiles in garage with tanks of lubricant, Southern California, 1931. "Complete Greasing & Oiling, Greasi[ng], [ilg]o miles; Saves you $[ilg]; Try Our New 'One Stop' Lubrication, Eliminates Greasing between drains, Saves you time, money, repairs, Pennzoil, One Stop Lubrication Service; Essex Free Wheeling, Murhy Motors [ilg]; Specialized Lubrication, Pennzoil, Let us explain this service, 7-10 Special lubricants required to correctly lubricate the modern automobile, 40 major [ilg]action [ilg]ntson the average car [ilg]ed careful lubrication regularly; Master Lubrication Guide" -- on signs. "8V 87 81 CAL 31; 9X 14 31 CAL 31" -- on license plates. "Pennzoil" -- on uniform. "Pennzoil lubricants" -- on containers. "Specialized Lubrication Chart, Pennzoil, 40 [ilg] to lubricate the average car, 6 to 10 different lubricants are needed, motors" -- on sign.

Asset Metadata

Title Walter Murphy service, full line, Southern California, 1931 [image]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Garages (lcsh), Lubricating oils (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Tanks (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-c170-3457

Identifier DW-1931-11-01-01~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-3457 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3457

Unique identifier UC12041813

Legacy Identifier DW-1931-11-01-01/DW-1931-11-01-01~01.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 32.1 in × 22.9 in at 300dpi
81.6 cm × 58.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Walter Murphy service, full line, Southern California, 1931

Inherited Title Walter Murphy service, full line, Southern California, 1931 (title)

Description Photograph of men and automobiles in garage with tanks of lubricant, Southern California, 1931. "Subject: Walter Murphy service, Full line; Client: Pennzoil; Original Print Order: 12; Re-Order: 2, 1; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Year: 1931; Job: 11-1-1" -- on envelope front. "Name: Joe; 1 - 8x10; In City: 4.00" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Garages (lcsh), Lubricating oils (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Pennzoil (corporate name), Tanks (lcsh)

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

Coverage Temporal 1931

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Garages (lcsh), Lubricating oils (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Pennzoil (corporate name), Tanks (lcsh)

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

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