[Shell Company of California gas station with automobile [black-and-white photoprint]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: 00071108.tif (AC Scan)
label: General
content: In Box --, Folder --.
name: label: Donor
content: American Petroleum Institute.
label: Names
content: Shell Company of California
label: Collection Creator
content: American Petroleum Institute.
topic: label: Topic
content: Automobiles -- 1900-1910
label: Topic
content: Gasoline
label: Topic
content: Service stations
creator: label: Donor
content: American Petroleum Institute.
setName: label: See more items in
content: American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection
label: See more items in
content: American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection / Series 1: Historical Photographs, 1850s-1950s / 1.32: Service Stations, 1905-1978
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (probably 8 x 10".)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Silver gelatin on paper.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923
label: Date
content: 1910
container: label: Container
content: Box 25, Folder 43
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographic prints
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Reproduced in Chad Randl, "The Preservation and Reuse of Historic Gas Stations," National Park Service: Preservation Briefs 46, November 2006, p. 2.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1900-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: "This shed-type station with its prefabricated panels, pump island, and canopy prefigured many later gas station designs." Caption from reproduction in Chad Randall's article, below. The top of the station bears the Shell sign.