Attractive young women have made their appearance as service station attendants at a number of stations of Tide Water Associated Oil Company in Los Angeles and San Francisco as of July 27, 1942--during World War II. Enid Pratt shows a customer how efficiently she can check tire pressure while Alice La Cava does a spotless job of polishing the windshield at a station in San Francisco.
Tide Water Associated Oil Company Service stations--California--San Francisco Automobiles--California--San Francisco Women--California--San Francisco Gasoline pumps--California--San Francisco Women employees--California--San Francisco World War, 1939-1945 War work San Francisco (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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