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Title
Gas station with Calpet gasoline and uniformed attendants, ca.1920-1929
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1929
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of a gas station which has nattily-attired attendants (white jodhpurs, black boots and jackets), ca.1920-1929. A person in a middle-eastern inspired outfit stands to the left while the attendants stand next to the pumps with their hands behind their backs. An automobile sits parked next to a pump on the far right. Donated by Jim Lewis.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
20 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m1233
USC-0-1-1-1279 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43820
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1233
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43820.jpg
Subject
Automobiles--Service stations
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Gas Stations
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1920/1929
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
43820 [Accession number]
CHS-43820 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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