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Title
Gas stations
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection;
Contributor
1
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1954
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Hancock Oil Company was headquartered in Los Angeles in the 1850s. It was sold to Signal Oil in 1958. In 1965 Signal Oil was sold to Humble and both the Hancock Oil Company and Signal Oil brands vanished. The oil business in the mid-1800s helped establish the Hancock family as one of California’s wealthiest, and they went on to build Hancock Park which in time became a prominent district in Los Angeles.
View of the Hancock service station on the corner of Flint Avenue and 7th Street in Long Beach, CA. Richfield service station is partially visible across the street on the far right. Photograph circa 1954.
Type
image
Format
1 negative : safety ; 25 x 20 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00107381
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
S-000-226 8x10
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/133958
Subject
Richfield Oil Company
Service stations
Gasoline pumps
Gasoline supply
Automobiles Maintenance and repair
Automobiles
Advertising
Signs and signboards
Telephone booths
Men
Streets
Long Beach (Calif.)
Time Period
1950-1959

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