Image / John C. Porter visits W. A. Taylor's service station, Los Angeles, 1933

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Title: John C. Porter visits W. A. Taylor's service station, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: November 1933
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Porter stands off to the side as Mr. Taylor inserts a gas pump into a car.
Former mayor John C. Porter stops by his business associate W. A. Taylor's service station that Porter helped finance.
Photograph appears with the article, "Ex-Mayor Prefers "Gas" Odor," Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov 1933: A10.
Handwritten on negative: John C. Porter
Text from negative sleeve: PORTER, JOHN C. X (a few being cleaned) Box 28
Text from newspaper caption: John C. Porter and W. A. Taylor
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11314
ark:/21198/zz002h9b89
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Automobiles--American--California--Los Angeles
Gasoline pumps--California--Los Angeles
Porter, John C. (John Clinton), 1871-1959
Taylor, W.A
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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