Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Station at 5582 Melrose Avenue, Rio Grande Oil Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1929

Station at 5582 Melrose Avenue, Rio Grande Oil Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1929 [image 1]

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Station at 5582 Melrose Avenue, Rio Grande Oil Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1929 [image 1]

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Photograph of gas station, Rio Grande Oil Co., 5582 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1929. "[ilg] 32-58" -- on license plate. "Richfi[e]ld" -- on signage. "Hot lunch served day [ilg] night" -- on signage. "Shell" -- on signage. "Repairing" -- on signage. "Batteries ch[ilg], [ilg]ake se[ilg]" -- on signage. "Pirates Den Boom[ilg] Cafe" -- on building. "[ilg] eat" -- on signage. "[ilg] sale; [ilg] cafe" -- on window. "office" -- on wall. "Rio Grande Anti-knowck gas, Rio Grande Oil Co." -- on signage. "Rio Grande anti-knock Gasoline [ilg]; Rio G[ra]nd[e] Oil Co.; Rio Grande motor oils [ilg]" -- on wall. "parking 1 hour 7 A.M. to 6 P.M." -- on signage. "Restrooms" -- on pillar. "Station No.9, Rio Grande Oil Co." -- on wall. "Rio Grande anti-knock Gasoline" -- on signage. "Lesher Automotive Service, carburetion & cylinder reconditioning; specializing -BN- Nash Buick [ilg]" -- on wall. "[ilg] parking" -- on wall. "4V-29-73" -- on license plate. "Melrose Ave" -- on signage.

Asset Metadata

Title Station at 5582 Melrose Avenue, Rio Grande Oil Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1929 [image 1]

Subject Automobiles (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-c170-32519

Identifier DW-1929-11-27-166~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-32519 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 32519

Unique identifier UC12073807

Legacy Identifier DW-1929-11-27-166/DW-1929-11-27-166~01.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 32.1 in × 22.7 in at 300dpi
81.5 cm × 57.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Station at 5582 Melrose Avenue, Rio Grande Oil Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1929

Inherited Title Station at 5582 Melrose Avenue, Rio Grande Oil Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1929 (title)

Description 3 photographs of gas station, Rio Grande Oil Co., 5582 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1929. "Subject: Station at 5582 Melrose; Client: Rio Grande Oil Co.; Original Print Order: 1 ea[ch], 1; Size: 8x10, 5x7; Finish: gl[ossy]; Year: 1929; Job: 11-27-166" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report (Name): Davey; 3 Original Photographs-Size: 8x10; Amount: 3.00; Extra Charges: #27935 Britzman" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Britzman (personal name), Davey (personal name), Rio Grande Oil Co. (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial 5582 Melrose Avenue (roadway), California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.083711,-118.322411 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1929

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Britzman (personal name), Davey (personal name), Rio Grande Oil Co. (corporate name), Service stations (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 1929

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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