Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Publicity at Shell Christmas station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930

Publicity at Shell Christmas station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930 [image 4]

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Publicity at Shell Christmas station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930 [image 4]

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Photograph of man and child at Shell Christmas station, Southern California, 1930. "North Pole; A, B, He[l]llo, D" -- on painted background. "Records" -- on book. "[ilg] Shell Staff; Santa Claus, [ilg] Chil[dren], 6, 10" -- on signs. "Shell 400" -- on balloon.

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Title Publicity at Shell Christmas station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930 [image 4]

Subject Children (lcsh), Christmas decorations (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-c170-17214

Identifier DW-1930-12-04-20~04.TIF (filename), whit-c170-17214 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17214

Unique identifier UC12003890

Legacy Identifier DW-1930-12-04-20/DW-1930-12-04-20~04.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 24.7 in × 33.9 in at 300dpi
62.9 cm × 86.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Publicity at Shell Christmas station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930

Inherited Title Publicity at Shell Christmas station, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1930 (title)

Description 4 photographs of men, woman and children at Shell Christmas station, Southern California, 1930. "Subject: Publicity at shell [Christ]mas station, Lost Boy & Boy with balloon; Agency: J. Walter Thompson; Client: Shell Oil Co.; Original Print Order: 3 #1, 2 each others; Re-Order: 2 ea[ch] #2 3, 2 #1, 1 #2; Size: 8x10; Finish: gloss[y]; Year: 1930; Job: 12-4-20" -- on envelope front. "Name: Dick; 4 Original Photographs - Size: 8x10; In City: 4.00" -- on envelope back.

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

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

Coverage Temporal 1930

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Children (lcsh), Christmas decorations (lcsh), Dick (personal name), Men (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Shell Oil Co. (corporate 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 4 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), 5x7 in. (format), B/W Nitrate (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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