Motolub OIl Company Station No. 1

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

Motolub OIl Company Station No. 1

Entry/Object ID

2008.131.1.1

Description

Motolub Oil Company gas station No. 1, Los Angeles area, 1920s. The view shows the service station, gas station, including an office at left, the garage at right and two gas pumps at the front of an overhang. There are three men posed near the pumps and there appears to be a mechanic working on one of two cars parked in front of the garage. The photographer's shadow is in the foreground. At far right are other commercial buildings and persons on the sidewalk. There are no inscriptions and no attribution as to photographer, date or location. With a few small stains on the reverse, light soiling, pin holes at the corners, and some creases, the condition is good.

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