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Dorothy Christy & 76 gas, Southern California, 1931
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Dorothy Christy & 76 gas, Southern California, 1931 [image 1]
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Dorothy Christy & 76 gas, Southern California, 1931 [image 1]
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Description
Photograph of Dorothy Christy at 76 service station, Southern California, 1931. "Stop Your Motor; Union Gasoline; No Smoking; In Case of Fire while Filling Cars, Stop the pump, dont pull the hose from the tank, use pyrene, use [ilg] or soda and acid, extinguishers if fire persists, use [ilg] or water if those fail, dont open the [ilg] fight fire, under [ilg], or through [ilg] openings" -- signage above pumps. "Union, [ilg], Ethyl Gasoline; New Union, 76, Gasoline; Gall-ons" -- signage on pumps. "Union" -- on hat. "Firestone; Auburn" -- on tires.
Asset Metadata
Title
Dorothy Christy & 76 gas, Southern California, 1931 [image 1]
Subject
Men
(lcsh),
Motion picture actors and actresses
(lcsh),
Service stations
(lcsh),
Women
(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-c170-41666
Identifier
DW-1931-12-30-186~01.TIF (
filename
), whit-c170-41666 (
legacy record id
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
41666
Unique identifier
UC12097334
Legacy Identifier
DW-1931-12-30-186/DW-1931-12-30-186~01.TIF
Type
Image
Resolution
32.4 in × 22.8 in at 300dpi
82.3 cm × 58.0 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Dorothy Christy & 76 gas, Southern California, 1931
Inherited Title
Dorothy Christy & 76 gas, Southern California, 1931 (
title
)
Description
Photograph of Dorothy Christy at 76 service station, Southern California, 1931. "Subject: Dorothy Christie [sic] & 76 gas; Client: Union Oil Co.; Original Print Order: 1; Size: 8x10, 5x7; Finish: gl[ossy]; Re-order: 1 ea[ch]; Job: 12-30-186; Year: 1931" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report (Name): Dick; 1 Original Photographs--Size: 8x10; Amount: 3.00; Extra Charges: Hugh Forker" -- on envelope back.
Subject
Auburn Automobile
(corporate name),
Christy, Dorothy
(personal name),
Dick
(personal name),
Firestone
(corporate name),
Forker, Hugh
(personal name),
Men
(lcsh),
Motion picture actors and actresses
(lcsh),
Service stations
(lcsh),
Union Oil Co.
(corporate name),
Women
(lcsh)
Coverage Spatial
California
(states),
California, Southern
(region),
USA
(countries)
Coverage Temporal
1931
Inherited Subject
Auburn Automobile
(corporate name),
Christy, Dorothy
(personal name),
Dick
(personal name),
Firestone
(corporate name),
Forker, Hugh
(personal name),
Men
(lcsh),
Motion picture actors and actresses
(lcsh),
Service stations
(lcsh),
Union Oil Co.
(corporate name),
Women
(lcsh)
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
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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