Architectural drawing of a General Petroleum service station, 1935

Description: 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.
The General Petroleum company was acquired by Mobil (trademark of Standard Oil Company of New York, or Socony) in 1926.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 3046. General Pet. Gas Station at Aliso & Alameda St. 12-5-35. [Stamped:] Dec 11 1935.
Handwritten on negative: New Gen'l Pet. Service Sta. Aliso & Alameda, 12-5-35.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
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
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10802
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h9wxv
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Rights Country: US
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