Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Service stations, billboard, greasy hub caps, etc., Southern California, 1932

Service stations, billboard, greasy hub caps, etc., Southern California, 1932 [image 6]

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Service stations, billboard, greasy hub caps, etc., Southern California, 1932 [image 6]

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Photograph of exterior of service station, Southern California, 1932."Union, Union, Union Service Stations Inc., Lubrication, Washing, Union, Station No. 932, 4006 Wilshire Blvd" -- on service station building. "Motoreze, A Blended Motor Oil, 25c [ilg], Easier on Your Motor; In Case of Fire While Filling Cars [ilg]; bif [ilg]; Stop Your Motors, Union, No Smoking; Free! [ilg], Cigarettes; Union [ilg] Stations; Specialized Lubrication; Specialized Lubrication, Correct Lubricants, Correctly Applied, Union, [ilg] Clutch, Transmission & [ilg], [ilg] Joint, [ilg] Joint, [ilg], [ilg] Pump; Wheel Bearing, Tr[ilg] [ilg], Universal [ilg] Ca[ilg]; Tax Free Prices, While Stock Lasts, Firestone, Buy Now! Limited Stock; [ilg] Firestone $4.50 each, [ilg] Firestone [ilg] $3.49 each [ilg], Firestone [ilg]" -- signage at station. "[ilg]oco [Ga]soline, [1]3 1/2c; [ilg]lon 76 [Gas]oline, 17 1/2c; Union [ilg] Gasoline 20 1/2c" -- on gasoline pumps.

Asset Metadata

Title Service stations, billboard, greasy hub caps, etc., Southern California, 1932 [image 6]

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-c170-32581

Identifier DW-1932-07-05-09~06.TIF (filename), whit-c170-32581 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 32581

Unique identifier UC12074227

Legacy Identifier DW-1932-07-05-09/DW-1932-07-05-09~06.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 32.5 in × 23.2 in at 300dpi
82.5 cm × 59.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Service stations, billboard, greasy hub caps, etc., Southern California, 1932

Inherited Title Service stations, billboard, greasy hub caps, etc., Southern California, 1932 (title)

Description 6 photographs for Pennzoil, Southern California, 1932. "Subject: Service stations, Billboard, greasey [sic] hub caps etc; Client: Pennzoil; lantern slides; Original print order: 1 - ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Year: 1932; Job: 7-5-9" -- on envelope front. "Operator's report: Joe; Original photographs: 6; Size: 8x10 @ 1.00; Miles: 10; Hours: 3 @ 2 00; Amount: 6.00, .70, 6.00; Extra charges: Fonda" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Automobiles --Maintenance and repair (lcsh), Automobiles --Parts (lcsh), Fonda (personal name), Pennzoil (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Signs and signboards (lcsh), Tires (lcsh)

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

Coverage Temporal 1932

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Automobiles --Maintenance and repair (lcsh), Automobiles --Parts (lcsh), Fonda (personal name), Pennzoil (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Signs and signboards (lcsh), Tires (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 1932

Creator Carter, Joseph E. (photographer), Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

Format 5x7 in. (format), 6 photogaphs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), B/W Nitrate (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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