Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Van Durke travel car, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1931

Van Durke travel car, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1931 [image 3]

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Van Durke travel car, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1931 [image 3]

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Photograph of 2 men and a horse next to the Van Durke travel car, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1931. "[ilg] Van Durk; Shell Service Inc., The V&D System" -- on exterior of automobile. "Official Car, Van Durk Travel Informations" -- on tire cover. "V&D Travel Information, Tour with Van Durk" -- on book cover.

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Title Van Durke travel car, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1931 [image 3]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Horses (lcsh), Men (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-c170-2017

Identifier DW-1931-11-13-90~03.TIF (filename), whit-c170-2017 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2017

Unique identifier UC12001919

Legacy Identifier DW-1931-11-13-90/DW-1931-11-13-90~03.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 32.2 in × 23.0 in at 300dpi
81.7 cm × 58.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Van Durke travel car, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1931

Inherited Title Van Durke travel car, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1931 (title)

Description 5 photographs of 2 men and a horse next to the Van Durke travel car, Shell Oil Co., Southern California, 1931. "Subject: Van Durke travel car; Agency: J. Walter Thompson; Client: Shell Oil Co.; Original print order: 3 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Re-order: 5 ea[ch] # 4-3-2, 1 ea[ch] # 1-5; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Year: 1931; Job: 11-13-90" -- on envelope front. "Extra charges: Fidler; Original photographs-Size: 5, 8x10, (Out of City 15 miles), 10.00; Operator's report (Name): Dick" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Dick (personal name), Fidler (personal name), Goodyear (corporate name), Horses (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Shell Oil Co. (corporate name), Thompson, J. Walter (personal name), Van Durke (corporate name)

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

Coverage Temporal 1931

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Dick (personal name), Fidler (personal name), Goodyear (corporate name), Horses (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Shell Oil Co. (corporate name), Thompson, J. Walter (personal name), Van Durke (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 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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