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Shell station at Wilshire Boulevard & Wetherly Drive, northwest corner, Beverly Hills, CA, 1931
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Shell station at Wilshire Boulevard & Wetherly Drive, northwest corner, Beverly Hills, CA, 1931 [image 3]
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Shell station at Wilshire Boulevard & Wetherly Drive, northwest corner, Beverly Hills, CA, 1931 [image 3]
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Description
Photograph of exterior of Shell service station with men and automobiles, Beverly Hills, CA, 1931. "[ilg]genie, [ilg]afe, [ilg]ench, [ilg]ners [ilg]ch style, [ilg]0, [ilg]ches, [ilg]0, [ilg] ays only; Real Estate E[ilg], Jack Koerner [Company] Realtors, We match your trades; Shell 400, Shell Motor Oil" -- building sign. "Shell Service Inc.; Lubrication, Washing, Tires, Batteries" -- on service station. ""Van Duck, Travel Information" -- on sign. "8V1185" -- on license plate. "The V& D System of Lubrication" -- on sign. "Heavy Traffic Prohibited, [ilg]" -- on street sign. "Wetherly Dr[ive] 100 Bl[oc]k N[orth]" -- address on street curb.
Asset Metadata
Title
Shell station at Wilshire Boulevard & Wetherly Drive, northwest corner, Beverly Hills, CA, 1931 [image 3]
Subject
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-c170-15695
Identifier
DW-1931-09-16-102~03.TIF (
filename
), whit-c170-15695 (
legacy record id
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
15695
Unique identifier
UC12065803
Legacy Identifier
DW-1931-09-16-102/DW-1931-09-16-102~03.tif
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
32.3 in × 22.9 in at 300dpi
82.0 cm × 58.3 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Shell station at Wilshire Boulevard & Wetherly Drive, northwest corner, Beverly Hills, CA, 1931
Inherited Title
Shell station at Wilshire Boulevard & Wetherly Drive, northwest corner, Beverly Hills, CA, 1931 (
title
)
Description
3 photographs of exterior of Shell service station, Beverly Hills, CA, 1931. "Subject: Shell station at Wilshire & Wetherly Dr[ive], n[orth]w[est] corner; Agency: J Walter Thompson Co.; Client: Shell Oil Co.; Year: 1931; Job: 9-16-102" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report: Frank; Original Photographs: 3 8x10; Amount: 5.00; Extra Charges: Ecternach" -- on envelope back.
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
Ecternach
(personal name),
Frank
(personal name),
J. Walter Thompson Co.
(corporate name),
Jack Koerner Company Realtors
(corporate name),
Men
(lcsh),
Service stations
(lcsh),
Shell Oil Co.
(corporate name),
Van Duck
(corporate name)
Coverage Spatial
Beverly Hills
(city or populated place),
California
(states),
California, Southern
(region),
Los Angeles
(counties),
North Wetherly Drive
(roadway),
USA
(countries),
Wilshire Boulevard
(roadway)
Coverage Geocoordinate
34.067232,-118.388879 (
point
)
Coverage Temporal
1931
Inherited Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
Ecternach
(personal name),
Frank
(personal name),
J. Walter Thompson Co.
(corporate name),
Jack Koerner Company Realtors
(corporate name),
Men
(lcsh),
Service stations
(lcsh),
Shell Oil Co.
(corporate name),
Van Duck
(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
3 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope
(aacr2),
5x7 in.
(format),
B/W Nitrate
(format),
negatives
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
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