Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Opening of Santa Claus display at station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930

Opening of Santa Claus display at station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930 [image 3]

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Photograph of opening of Santa Claus display at station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930. "Santa Claus will be here at 7 P.M. Saturday; [Sh]ell, Van Fleet & Durkee No. 176" -- on service station. "SWHB, AD, WELL, R, EKHW, JL, AMDM" -- on background.

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Title Opening of Santa Claus display at station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930 [image 3]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Christmas decorations (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Women (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-c170-17191

Identifier DW-1930-11-29-173~03.TIF (filename), whit-c170-17191 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17191

Unique identifier UC12004099

Legacy Identifier DW-1930-11-29-173/DW-1930-11-29-173~03.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 32.4 in × 22.8 in at 300dpi
82.3 cm × 57.9 cm at 300dpi

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Title Opening of Santa Claus display at station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930

Inherited Title Opening of Santa Claus display at station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930 (title)

Description 3 photographs of opening of Santa Claus display at station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930. "Subject: opening of Santa Claus display at station; Agency: J. Walter Thompson; Client: Shell Oil Co.; Original print order: 2 Ea[ch], 1; Size: 8x10; Finish: glos[sy]; Re-order: 1#3, 2#3; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Year: 1930; Job: 11-29-173" -- on envelope front. "Extra charges: Hitchman; Ounces of flash powder: 4 at 85¢, 3.40; Original photographs-Size: 3, 8x10, Night, 5.00; Operator's report (Name): Dick" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Christmas decorations (lcsh), Dick (personal name), Hitchman (personal name), Men (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Shell Oil Co. (corporate name), Thompson, J. Walter (personal name), Women (lcsh)

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

Coverage Temporal 1930

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Christmas decorations (lcsh), Dick (personal name), Hitchman (personal name), Men (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Shell Oil Co. (corporate name), Thompson, J. Walter (personal name), Women (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 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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