Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Gas station, West 2nd Street and Emerald Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931

Gas station, West 2nd Street and Emerald Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 [image 1]

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Gas station, West 2nd Street and Emerald Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 [image 1]

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Photograph of service station, West 2nd Street and Emerald Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931. "Tires, Repairi[ng]; Dave's Cut-Rate Service, Greasing, Eastern 25 [ilg]; Rio Grande; Shell; Pennzoil; 10, [No Brand] for [Gasoline], 1.15, [Ve]edol [100% Pennsylvania]" -- signage at gas station. "Commercial, Vehicles, Over 2 Ton, Capacity, Prohibited, [ilg]; W 2nd St., Emerald St., 1206, BLK" -- signage on street. "[Coming Dec. 4], 50[th], [Anniversary Edition], [Los Angeles] Times, [ilg]" -- signage on fence. "[ilg] Radio, [E]lectric Co.; Fal[ilg], Radio; Dr. W. L. Curtis, Dog and Cat, Hospital; Brown's, New, Tire, Bargains" -- signage on buildings.

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Title Gas station, West 2nd Street and Emerald Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 [image 1]

Subject Roads (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-c170-41638

Identifier DW-1931-12-07-53~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-41638 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 41638

Unique identifier UC12097320

Legacy Identifier DW-1931-12-07-53/DW-1931-12-07-53~01.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 32.1 in × 22.8 in at 300dpi
81.5 cm × 58.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Gas station, West 2nd Street and Emerald Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931

Inherited Title Gas station, West 2nd Street and Emerald Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931 (title)

Description 3 photographs of service station, West 2nd Street and Emerald Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1931. "Subject:
Gas station, corner on 2nd st[reet]; Client: Advance Electric; Original Print Order: 1 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Year: 1931; Job: 12-7-53" -- on envelope front. "Name: Joe; 3 - 8x10; In City: 3.00; Extra Charges: Faleh" -- on envelope back.

Subject Advance Electric (corporate name), Curtis, W. L. (personal name), Dunlop Tires (corporate name), Faleh (personal name), Los Angeles Times (corporate name), Pennzoil (corporate name), Roads (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Shell (corporate name), Veedol (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), Emerald Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), West 2nd Street (roadway)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.059534,-118.257611 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1931

Inherited Subject Advance Electric (corporate name), Curtis, W. L. (personal name), Dunlop Tires (corporate name), Faleh (personal name), Los Angeles Times (corporate name), Pennzoil (corporate name), Roads (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh), Shell (corporate name), Veedol (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 Carter, Joseph E. (photographer), Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

Format 3 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), 5x7 in. (format), B/W Nitrate (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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