Architectural drawing of a General Petroleum service station, 1935

Description: The General Petroleum company was acquired by Mobil (trademark of Standard Oil Company of New York, or Socony) in 1926.
Architectural drawing of a General Petroleum service station with a Spanish style tile roof to be located at N. Alameda St. and E. Aliso St. in Los Angeles. The center has an enclosed room below a gable with two open wings on either side for fuel pumps. On the roof are two sculptures of Pegasus, trademark of the Mobil company which owned General Petroleum.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: New Gen'l Pet. Service Sta. Aliso & Alameda, 12-5-35.
Text from negative sleeve: 3046. General Pet. Gas Station at Aliso & Alameda St. 12-5-35. [Stamped:] Dec 11 1935.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
architectural drawings (visual works)
Names: General Petroleum Company (San Francisco)
Mobil Oil Company
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Automobile service stations--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h9wxv
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