Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Line up of cars at 76 pump, West 3rd Street & South Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1932

Line up of cars at 76 pump, West 3rd Street & South Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1932 [image]

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Photograph of a line up of cars at a 76 station pump, West 3rd Street & South Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1932. "Stop Your Motor, Union Gasoline, No Smoking" -- signage above pumps. "Wayne; New Union, 76, Gasoline, Union; Unoco Gasoline" -- signage on pumps. "It Has To Be, Good, If [ilg] In This, Spic'n Span, Bakery; Spic'n Span, Puppies, Sold Everywhere, 10¢, Wholesale, Dept." -- signage on windows of building across street.

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Title Line up of cars at 76 pump, West 3rd Street & South Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1932 [image]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Gasoline (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Pumping machinery (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-c170-48779

Identifier DW-1932-03-02-05~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-48779 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 48779

Unique identifier UC12127554

Legacy Identifier DW-1932-03-02-05/DW-1932-03-02-05~01.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 22.9 in × 32.1 in at 300dpi
58.1 cm × 81.5 cm at 300dpi

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Title Line up of cars at 76 pump, West 3rd Street & South Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1932

Inherited Title Line up of cars at 76 pump, West 3rd Street & South Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1932 (title)

Description Photograph of a line up of cars at a 76 station pump, West 3rd Street & South Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1932. "Subject: line up of cars at 76' pump, 3rd & Detroit; Agency: Lord & Thomas & Logan; Client: Union Oil Co[mpany]; Original Print Order: 2 #1; Size: 11x14; Finish: gl[ossy]; Mount: m[oun]t[e]d; Re-order: 1-, 1; Size: 5x7, 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Job: 3-2-5; Year: 1932" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report (Name): Dick; 1 Original Photographs-Size: 11x14; Amount: $20.00; Extra Charges: Philippe" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Dick (personal name), Gasoline (lcsh), Lord & Thomas & Logan (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Phillipe (personal name), Pumping machinery (lcsh), Spic'n Span (corporate name), Union Oil Company (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), South Detroit Street (roadway), USA (countries), West 3rd Street (roadway)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.068897,-118.345124 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1932

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Dick (personal name), Gasoline (lcsh), Lord & Thomas & Logan (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Phillipe (personal name), Pumping machinery (lcsh), Spic'n Span (corporate name), Union Oil Company (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 1932

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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Line up of cars at 76 pump, West 3rd Street & South Detroit Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1932

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