Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Correct and incorrect lubrication rack at Wilshire Boulevard and South Gale Drive station, Beverly Hills, CA, 1935

Correct and incorrect lubrication rack at Wilshire Boulevard and South Gale Drive station, Beverly Hills, CA, 1935 [image 1]

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Correct and incorrect lubrication rack at Wilshire Boulevard and South Gale Drive station, Beverly Hills, CA, 1935 [image 1]

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Photograph of service station, Wilshire Boulevard and South Gale Drive, Beverly Hills, CA, 1935. "Signal 'Double Checked' Lubrication; Tires [ilg] Batteri[es]; [ilg] Bell System; Men" -- signage on building. "Gates [ilg] Cord, Molded V-Belt, 720 [ilg]; 726; safe-sure-silent, K-90 by Lee, they thrill you, At Signal Stations, Signal Gasoline; Champion Spark Plugs; DuPont Auto [ilg] Finish, 7; G[eneral] E[lectric]; Mac's Super Gloss Auto Polish; Cha[ilg]io[ilg]; Spark Plugs Tested Free" -- signage in window. "One Gallon [ilg], Signal Motor Oil, Dynamo & [ilg] Oil, Signal Oil & Gas Co. [ilg]; [ilg] Fluid; Signal Quality Lubricants" -- on cans. "Chassis [Lub]ricant, Signal Quality Lubricants, All Purpose Lubricant, S.A.E. 90, S.A.E. 160" -- on tank. "Signal 'Double Checked' Lubrication, Water Pump, Wheel Bearing, Wet Clutch, Gear Flusher, Spicer Universal, Oil Type Shackles" -- signage on street.

Asset Metadata

Title Correct and incorrect lubrication rack at Wilshire Boulevard and South Gale Drive station, Beverly Hills, CA, 1935 [image 1]

Subject 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-c170-58289

Identifier DW-1935-02-25-147~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-58289 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 58289

Unique identifier UC12163838

Legacy Identifier DW-1935-02-25-147/DW-1935-02-25-147~01.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 32.2 in × 22.7 in at 300dpi
81.9 cm × 57.7 cm at 300dpi

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Title Correct and incorrect lubrication rack at Wilshire Boulevard and South Gale Drive station, Beverly Hills, CA, 1935

Inherited Title Correct and incorrect lubrication rack at Wilshire Boulevard and South Gale Drive station, Beverly Hills, CA, 1935 (title)

Description 2 photographs of service station, Wilshire Boulevard and South Gale Drive, Beverly Hills, CA, 1935. "Subject: Correct & incorrect lubrication rack at Wilshire & Gale station; Client: Signal Oil Co[mpany], Mr. Barragar; Job: 2-25-147; Year: 1935; Original print order: 1 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report (Name): Dean; Original photographs- Size: 2 -8x10 ext[erior]; Amount: 6.50" -- on envelope back.

Subject Barragar (personal name), Bell System (corporate name), Dean (personal name), Dupont (corporate name), Gates (corporate name), General Electric (corporate name), Mac's Super Gloss Auto Polish (corporate name), Magic Sponge (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Signal Oil Co. (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial Beverly Hills (city or populated place), California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (counties), South Gale Drive (roadway), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.06466,-118.374102 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1935

Inherited Subject Barragar (personal name), Bell System (corporate name), Dean (personal name), Dupont (corporate name), Gates (corporate name), General Electric (corporate name), Mac's Super Gloss Auto Polish (corporate name), Magic Sponge (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Signal 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 1935

Creator Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

Format 2 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), 5x7 in. (format), B/W Nitrate (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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