Print, Photographic

1948.040.0154

1948.040.0154

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1948.040.0154

Description

Photo of Aero Station operated by Dave Rusk. Built in 1924. First at the corner of 8th and Cedar in 1922. Update - January 2010: Black & white print. Snapshot. Image of a brick filling station with covered pump islands. Spanish tile roof with signs on both arms "AERO STATION". Single pump on each island & air hoses hanging from each brick column on both islands. Small office building at center with door at one corner. Two men standing in doorway. Vintage automobiles & buildings in background. 300 block 5th street. Written on back: [blue ink] "Daves Filling Station on 5th & Buffalo-" [black ink] "Copied by State mounted" [pencil] "Neg No. 6646". Stamped on back in black: "Neg. No. [written ink] "6646" "Print No" [written ink] "97". Paper yellowed. Soiled front & back. Bent from center top to center right edge - emulsion cracked. Corner damage - emulsion cracked in lower left corner. Small tear in top edge left of center - emulsion cracked. Emulsion surface missing along diagonal crack. Yellow stains in lower right. Emulsion cracked in lower right; scratched overall. Update February 2011: Black & white copy print. Typed on adhesive tag: "Dave's filling station on 5th and Buffalo Rawlins, Wyoming" Stamped in black: "Copy Provided By The Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department". Good condition. Creased, emulsion impacted. Size 5 x 7"

Collection

Photograph Collection