Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Filling car with 'Volatile Vapor', streamers from pump to sky, Southern California, 1931

Filling car with 'Volatile Vapor', streamers from pump to sky, Southern California, 1931 [image]

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Filling car with 'Volatile Vapor', streamers from pump to sky, Southern California, 1931 [image]

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Photograph of 2 men and automobile at gas station, Southern California, 1931. "Smoking; Unio[ilg]; Wilshire" -- on signage. "Contains lead, (Tetraethyl) and is to be used as motor fuel only, not for cleaning or any other use. Avoid spilling; Winter Union, with now volatile vapor" -- on gas pump.

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Title Filling car with 'Volatile Vapor', streamers from pump to sky, Southern California, 1931 [image]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Gasoline (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Pumping machinery (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-c170-17629

Identifier DW-1931-12-04-46~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-17629 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17629

Unique identifier UC12028626

Legacy Identifier DW-1931-12-04-46/DW-1931-12-04-46~01.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.9 in × 32.3 in at 300dpi
58.2 cm × 82.2 cm at 300dpi

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Title Filling car with 'Volatile Vapor', streamers from pump to sky, Southern California, 1931

Inherited Title Filling car with 'Volatile Vapor', streamers from pump to sky, Southern California, 1931 (title)

Description Photograph of 2 men and automobile at gas station, Southern California, 1931. "Subject: Filling car with 'Volatile Vapor', Streamers from pump to sky; Agency: Lord and Thomas & Logan; Client: Union Oil Co.; Original print order: 1; Size: 16x20, 5x7; Finish: gl[ossy]; Re-order: 1-; Year: 1931; Job: 12-4-46" -- on envelope front. "Operator's report: Dick.; Original photographs: 1; Size: 16x20; Amount: $20.00; Extra charges: Miss Bruce [ilg] phone #13037 Bob Freeman" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bruce (personal name), Dick (personal name), Freeman, Bob (personal name), Gasoline (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Pumping machinery (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Union Oil Co. (corporate name)

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

Coverage Temporal 1931

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bruce (personal name), Dick (personal name), Freeman, Bob (personal name), Gasoline (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Pumping machinery (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Union Oil Co. (corporate name)

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

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