Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Sidewalk in front of Texaco station, Wilshire Boulevard and South New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1940

Sidewalk in front of Texaco station, Wilshire Boulevard and South New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1940 [image]

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Photograph of sidewalk in front of Texaco service station, Los Angeles, CA, 1940. "New Hampshire" -- intersection signage. "Texaco, T; Sky Chief, Texaco, Keep Right; Regist[er], Re[ilg], Ro[ilg]; Standard Pacific" -- building signage. "Texaco, Motor Oil; In Sealed Cans, For Your Protection, Havoline, Motor Oil, Distilled, Insulated; Danger" -- signage at station. "Santa Fe; to Chicago" -- on billboard.

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Title Sidewalk in front of Texaco station, Wilshire Boulevard and South New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1940 [image]

Subject Automobiles (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-c170-86213

Identifier DW-1940-03-09-72~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-86213 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 86213

Unique identifier UC12223432

Legacy Identifier DW-1940-03-09-72/DW-1940-03-09-72~01.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 29.7 in × 23.9 in at 300dpi
75.5 cm × 60.8 cm at 300dpi

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Title Sidewalk in front of Texaco station, Wilshire Boulevard and South New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1940

Inherited Title Sidewalk in front of Texaco station, Wilshire Boulevard and South New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1940 (title)

Description Photograph of sidewalk in front of Texaco service station, Los Angeles, CA, 1940. "Date: Wed[nesday]; Time: 10:30; Operator: Andy; Meet: Mr. Mitter [sic]; For: Maryland Casualty; At: Texaco Station, New Hampshire & Wilshire, [ilg] 0676; Job: Retake #03-72-1 from same position. Have Mr. Mittier place the signs exactly as they were where a woman fell last Dec[ember]; Deliver to: Place in envelope 03-72-1; Print order: 2- 8x10 gl[ossy] prints" -- on card 1 front. "Date: Sat[urday]; Operator: Joe; Meet: Mr. Mettier, Manager; For: Maryland Casualty; At: Texaco Station- New Hampshire & Wilshire; Job: 1 shot where woman fell, Have manager put warning sign up by island as it was when woman fell on dec[ember] 1939. Shoot from east, show white lines on pavement & pump island nearest sidewalk, File, Lia 11819; Deliver to: Maryland Casualty Co[mpany]- Mr. Mathews; Print Order: 2- 8x10 gl[ossy]" -- on card 2 front. "Hours on job: Day, 1/2; No. of Negs.: 1" -- on card 2 back. "Subject: Sidewalk in front of Texaco station, File # Lia 11819; Client: Maryland Casualty, Mr. Mathews; Job: 03-9-72; Year: 1940; Original print order: 2; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Mount: Full neg[ative]" -- on envelope front. "Photographer: Joe; Original photographs- Size: 1, 8x10; Amount: 2.50" -- on envelope back.

Subject Andy (personal name), Automobiles (lcsh), Maryland Casualty (corporate name), Mathews (personal name), Mettier (personal name), Service stations (lcsh), Texaco (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), South New Hampshire Avenue (roadway), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.061765,-118.292904 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1940

Inherited Subject Andy (personal name), Automobiles (lcsh), Maryland Casualty (corporate name), Mathews (personal name), Mettier (personal name), Service stations (lcsh), Texaco (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 1940

Creator Carter, Joseph E. (photographer), 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 Safety (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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