Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

"What's wrong with this station?", Southern California, 1934

"What's wrong with this station?", Southern California, 1934 [image 2]

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"What's wrong with this station?", Southern California, 1934 [image 2]

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Photograph of men with automobile at service station, Southern California, 1934. "No Smoking, Stop Your Motor; [ilg] World's Speed Records Broken, [ilg], Pennzoil, [ilg]" -- signage on building. "Sodrin, The Super-Soder, [ilg]" -- on products on window. "We Do Our Part; [ilg] Highway, Motor [ilg], [ilg]; [ilg], Champion" -- signage in station. "For Use as a Motor Fuel Only., Contains Lead, (Tetraethyl), Signal Gasoline, Stops 98% of Knocks; Peerless Gasoline" -- on pumps. "Now! Ev[ilg], Bott[ilg], Brew-O[ilg], [ilg]" -- signage in distance.

Asset Metadata

Title "What's wrong with this station?", Southern California, 1934 [image 2]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), 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-c170-44320

Identifier DW-1934-07-25-89~02.TIF (filename), whit-c170-44320 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 44320

Unique identifier UC12116389

Legacy Identifier DW-1934-07-25-89/DW-1934-07-25-89~02.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 32.4 in × 23.1 in at 300dpi
82.4 cm × 58.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title "What's wrong with this station?", Southern California, 1934

Inherited Title "What's wrong with this station?", Southern California, 1934 (title)

Description 2 photographs of men with automobile at service station, Southern California, 1934. "Subject: Whats wrong with this station?; Agency: Logan and Stebbins; Client: Signal Oil Co[mpany]; Original Print Order: 1 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Job: 7-25-89; Year: 1934" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report Name: Joe; 2 Original Photographs-Size: 8x10; Amount: 5.00; Extra Charges: Gudelman" -- on envelope back.

Subject AlliedSignal (corporate name), Automobiles (lcsh), Champion (corporate name), Logan and Stebbins (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Pennzoil (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Signal Oil Company (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1934

Inherited Subject AlliedSignal (corporate name), Automobiles (lcsh), Champion (corporate name), Logan and Stebbins (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Pennzoil (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Signal 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 1934

Creator Carter, Joseph E. (photographer), 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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