Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Service grease rack, Santa Monica, CA, 1930

Service grease rack, Santa Monica, CA, 1930 [image 1]

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Service grease rack, Santa Monica, CA, 1930 [image 1]

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Photograph of service station, Santa Monica, CA, 1930. "Right greasing- Right here, Pennzoil Greases, Safe lubrication pays- all ways" -- on sign. "Supreme Pennsylvania Quality, Pennzoil, Safe lubrication" -- on sign. "Safe lubrication, Pennzoil, Greases" -- on gas tanks.

Asset Metadata

Title Service grease rack, Santa Monica, CA, 1930 [image 1]

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-c170-1639

Identifier DW-1930-02-12-81~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-1639 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1639

Unique identifier UC12056220

Legacy Identifier DW-1930-02-12-81/DW-1930-02-12-81~01.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

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

Inherited Values

Title Service grease rack, Santa Monica, CA, 1930

Inherited Title Service grease rack, Santa Monica, CA, 1930 (title)

Description 2 photographs of service station, Santa Monica, CA, 1930. "Subject: Service grease rack, Santa Monica; Client: Pennzoil Co.; Original print order: 1 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy], Gloss; Re-order: 1 #1; Year: 1930; Job: 2-12-81" -- on envelope front. "Operator's report: Davey; Original photographs: 2; Amount: 5.00; Extra charges: Fonda" -- on envelope back.

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

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (counties), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1930

Inherited Subject Davey (personal name), Fonda (personal name), Pennzoil Co. (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 1930

Creator 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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