Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Exterior view of grease rack at Pellissier Square Garage, 828 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1931

Exterior view of grease rack at Pellissier Square Garage, 828 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 [image 2]

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Exterior view of grease rack at Pellissier Square Garage, 828 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 [image 2]

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Photograph of man and automobile at Pellissier Square Garage, 828 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1931. "Pellissier Square Garage" -- signage on building. "Standard Gasoline, 6, Bennett; Standard Ethyl Gasoline, Ethyl Brand of Anti-Knock Compound, Ethyl Gasoline Corporation [ilg]; 5; Today's Price, Cents Per Gallon; Pellissier Quality Gasoline; 4" -- on gas tanks. "808 So[uth] Weste[rn] [Avenue] Night and D[ay], Automotive, Electrical Department; [Used] Car Dep[artmen]t; [W]hat Counts; J Schlosser; Brakes, [Pen]nzoil [Lubrication]" -- signage on storefront.

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Title Exterior view of grease rack at Pellissier Square Garage, 828 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 [image 2]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Garages (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-c170-34499

Identifier DW-1931-09-14-86~02.TIF (filename), whit-c170-34499 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 34499

Unique identifier UC12071494

Legacy Identifier DW-1931-09-14-86/DW-1931-09-14-86~02.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 32.2 in × 22.9 in at 300dpi
81.9 cm × 58.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Exterior view of grease rack at Pellissier Square Garage, 828 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1931

Inherited Title Exterior view of grease rack at Pellissier Square Garage, 828 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 (title)

Description 5 photographs of Pellissier Square Garage, 828 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1931. "Subject: Exterior view of grease rack at Pellisier [sic] Garage, 828 So[uth] Western; Client: Guy Burroughs, 935 Valencia St[reet]; Original Print Order: 1 ea[ch] 1 2 3, 1 #4; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Year: 1931; Job: 9-14-86" -- on envelope front. "Name: Frank; 4 Original Photographs - Size: 8x10; In City: 6.00; Extra Charges: Burroughs" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Burroughs, Guy (personal name), Frank (personal name), Garages (lcsh), Machinery (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Pellissier Square Garage (corporate name), Pennzoil (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Tanks (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial 808 South Western Avenue (roadway), 828 South Western Avenue (roadway), 935 Valencia Street (roadway), California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.057033,-118.308722 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1931

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Burroughs, Guy (personal name), Frank (personal name), Garages (lcsh), Machinery (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Pellissier Square Garage (corporate name), Pennzoil (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Tanks (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 1931

Creator Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

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

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