Title supplied by cataloger. Earl Bell Gilmore (1887-1964), whose family had owned the land surrounding the corner of Third and Fairfax in Los Angeles since 1880, was a legendary entrepreneur who with his father (Arthur F. Gilmore) built Gilmore Oil Company, the largest distributor of petroleum products in the Western U.S. He is noted with having invented the self-serve gas station, the "gas-a-teria", where customers saved .05 cents per gallon by filling their own tanks. Gilmore also built Gilmore Field, and Gilmore Stadium, as well as turning the family dairy farm into one of the world's most beloved destinations, the original Farmer's Market. In 1944, Gilmore's 1,200 filling stations became Mobil stations. Exterior view of Rancho La Brea adobe, located in the vicinity of 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue. The adobe was built in 1852 by sheriff James Thompson, on land owned by Portuguese sailor Antonio Rocha. The home was later purchased by Earl B. Gilmore in 1901.; Photograph similar (same angle) to #00066156.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Los Angeles Fountains--California--Los Angeles Ranches--California--Los Angeles Rocha, Antonio,1791?-1840 Thompson, James Gilmore, Earl Bell La Brea Rancho (Calif.)
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