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Title: Independent Texas station in Valley
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1957
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description: Photograph caption dated November 9, 1957 reads "Here's photo of Valley's newest service station--the first independently owned Texas service station in this area--which opened recently at 16929 Vanowen St., West Van Nuys. Virgil Richmond, station manager, reports that a large number of motorists had responded to the grand opening festivities. The independent station features Texaco oils and lubricants."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 12 x 16 cm.
Identifier: 00155482
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d059_f20_i5
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128513
Subject: Service stations
Automobiles
Signs and signboards
Lost architecture
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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