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Title
Adolph Bystle's automobile service station, Redding, about 1914
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1914
About 1914
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Adolph (Ade) Bystle was a cousin of H. H. West's first wife, Mary.
Adolph (Ade) Bystle's automobile service station. A woman and a man are visible at the entrance of the garage. There is a car parked at the right and a pile of boxes and other items at the left. A sign in front reads, "Red Crown Gasoline." Another sign on top of the garage reads, "Ford the universal car" and "Adolph Bystle Garage & Supplies. 205 West Street, Redding. Phone [3892]."
Text from negative sleeve: 756. Redding, Calif. About 1914. The Ford Garage at Redding, owned and operated by Ade Bystle. Babe Bystle, son of Ade Bystle, and Elizabeth and Frances West go out to the Sacramento River. Taken on banks of Sacramento River north of Redding. 3 negatives. In going into Redding, we could see Mt Lassen in eruption plain way to the east. It was so plain that I thought I could take a picture of the smoke coming from the cone. Don't seem to be able to see Mt Lassen tho [sic]. 5 negatives.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0756_003
ark:/21198/zz002hrn0b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Automobile service stations--California--Redding
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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