Gasoline Pump
date: label: Date made
content: 1930
label: date made
content: 1932
name: label: distributor
content: Amoco
label: maker
content: Wayne Oil Tank & Pump Company
notes: label: Description
content: Made in Fort Wayne Indiana, this gasoline pump sold "Red Crown" gasoline, a brand produced by Standard Oil of Indiana. Consumers could see how much gas was pumped as the arrow moved around the face dial.
label: Description
content: As Americans began to drive gasoline-fueled cars in large numbers, oil companies and gasoline stations created technologies and systems to fulfill the demands of consumers. By the 1930s, pumps were the recognizable ancestors of the ones we use today.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Indiana, Fort Wayne
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Natural Resources
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: American Oil Company, Through R. A. Niles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.326809
label: accession number
content: 265699
label: catalog number
content: 326809
label: serial number
content: 861-7577
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pump, gasoline
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 91 in x 21 in x 21 in; 231.14 cm x 53.34 cm x 53.34 cm