Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Union Oil station, South Wilton Place and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1932

Union Oil station, South Wilton Place and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1932 [image 1]

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Union Oil station, South Wilton Place and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1932 [image 1]

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Photograph of gas station, South Wilton Place and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1932. "Union, Union Service Station, Stop Your Motor, No Smoking, [ilg]oco Gasoline, In Case of Fire, While Filling Cars, Union Ethyl Gasoline, 76 Union Gasoline"-- on signs.

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Title Union Oil station, South Wilton Place and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1932 [image 1]

Subject 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-c170-32513

Identifier DW-1932-03-10-53~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-32513 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 32513

Unique identifier UC12073934

Legacy Identifier DW-1932-03-10-53/DW-1932-03-10-53~01.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 32.2 in × 22.8 in at 300dpi
81.7 cm × 57.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Union Oil station, South Wilton Place and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1932

Inherited Title Union Oil station, South Wilton Place and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1932 (title)

Description 3 photographs of gas station, South Wilton Place and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1932. "Subject: Union Oil station, Wilshire + Wilton; Client: Wayne Pump Co., Mr. Barnthouse, (Boyle Dayton); Original Print Order: 1 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Mount: 1/4" margin; Re-Order: 2 ea[ch], 1 ea[ch] #3,4, 1 ea[ch], 1 ea[ch], 30 #1; Year: 1932; Job: 3-10-53" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report (Name): 'Dick'; 3 Original Photographs-Size: 8x10; Amount: 3.00; Extra Charges: #5766" -- on envelope back.

Subject Barnthouse (personal name), Dayton, Boyle (personal name), Dick (personal name), Service stations (lcsh), Union Oil (corporate name), Wayne Pump Co. (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), South Wilton Place (roadway), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.061317,-118.314763 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1932

Inherited Subject Barnthouse (personal name), Dayton, Boyle (personal name), Dick (personal name), Service stations (lcsh), Union Oil (corporate name), Wayne Pump Co. (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 1932

Creator Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images

Format 3 photograph: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), 5x7 in. (format), B/W Nitrate (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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