Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Bulletin board & sign on service station, West 39th Street & South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 1931

Bulletin board & sign on service station, West 39th Street & South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 1931 [image 2]

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Bulletin board & sign on service station, West 39th Street & South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 1931 [image 2]

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Photograph of sign on service station window, West 39th Street & South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 1931. "Stop Your Motor, No Smoking" -- on wall. "Prove Pennzoil's economy in your car today, Satisfaction Guaranteed; Make the Pennzoil economy test today, Satisfaction Guaranteed; For Greater Economy Drain and Refille Now, Pennzoil Guarantee, Satisfaction Guaranteed or your moeney back" -- signs on window. "Veedol 100% Pennsylvania, [ilg] Medium Heavy [ilg]; HyVis Motor Oil [ilg]; Shell [ilg]; Pennzoil; 100% Pure Pennsylvania Pennzoil Safe Lubrication, Heavy S.A.E. --50, Motor Oil, [ilg] 100% Pure Pennsylvania Oil of Supreme Quality, [ilg], Pennzoil 35c a Quart; Quaker State, Guaranteed [ilg] Pennsylvania, Heavy Motor Oil, [ilg], Guaranteed 100% Pure Pennsylvania Oil, [ilg] 35c A Quart" -- on containers. "19[ilg]" -- on door.

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Title Bulletin board & sign on service station, West 39th Street & South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 1931 [image 2]

Subject Service stations (lcsh), Signs and signboards (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-c170-3257

Identifier DW-1931-10-15-81~02.TIF (filename), whit-c170-3257 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3257

Unique identifier UC12040905

Legacy Identifier DW-1931-10-15-81/DW-1931-10-15-81~02.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.0 in × 32.2 in at 300dpi
58.5 cm × 81.9 cm at 300dpi

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Title Bulletin board & sign on service station, West 39th Street & South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 1931

Inherited Title Bulletin board & sign on service station, West 39th Street & South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 1931 (title)

Description 2 photographs of billboard and sign on service station window, West 39th Street & South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 1931. "Subject: Bulletin Board & Sign on Service Station 39th & Vermont; Client: Pennzoil, Fonda.; Original print order: 1 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: glossy; Year: 1931; Job: 10-15-81" -- on envelope front. "Operator's report: Joe; Original photographs: 2; Size: 8x10; Amount: 6.00; different locations" -- on envelope back.

Subject Fonda (personal name), Pennzoil (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Signs and signboards (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), South Vermont Avenue (roadway), USA (countries), West 39th Street (roadway)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.015495,-118.291631 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1931

Inherited Subject Fonda (personal name), Pennzoil (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Signs and signboards (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 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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