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Richfield Gas Station, 855 East California, Pasadena. 1941

Description: Richfield Gas Station at 855 East California, the northeast corner of Lake and California. The station has three gas pumps and a covered area for Richfield Lubrication, with an automobile lifted off the ground. Two automobiles are parked at the service station and several more are lined up on the adjacent street, waiting at a traffic light. Immediately past the service station is Jerry's G. & L. Drive-In.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 7/7/1941
Call number: photCL 402 (36102D)
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Pasadena. 855 East California. Richfield Gas Station, northeast corner of Lake and California

Visual Materials

The Harold A. Parker Studio Collection of Negatives consists of 5157 glass plate negatives, film negatives, and panoramic negatives, 1889-1949, that depict commercial, residential and landscape sites in and around Pasadena and Southern California. The images provide a look at the commercial, residential and social development of Pasadena and surrounding areas during the early years of the twentieth century. The collection is especially rich in images of residential architecture in Pasadena, Altadena, and San Marino; images of Lake Tahoe; depictions of, and activities at, the Raymond, Maryland, and Huntington Hotels in Pasadena; and the commercial, social and cultural landscapes of Pasadena. The collection also provides, through its breadth and depth of subject matter, an example of the career activities of a commercial photographer in Southern California in the early years of the twentieth century.

photCL 402

Pyroil Service Station, 1070 East Walnut, Pasadena. 1932

Visual Materials

Street view of the Pyroil Service Station at 1070 East Walnut. An automobile with a spare wheel cover advertising for Pyroil is being refueled at one of the three pumps in front of the building. Signs and banners advertise for "Pyroil the wonder gas".

photCL 402 (33606)

Gas station, South Los Robles, South Pasadena. 1930

Visual Materials

Street view of the gas station on South Los Robles, at the corner of Mission and Los Robles. There are two pumps in a freestanding structure on the left and others under the covered area attached to the station. An automobile is several feet off the ground behind the main building.

photCL 402 (32445)

Richfield Oil gas station, Westwood Village, Westwood, Los Angeles. March 9, 1934

Visual Materials

A panoramic view of Westwood Village in Westwood, Los Angeles. In the center of the foreground there is a Richfield Oil service station, with a few automobiles parked in front. There is another automobile on the street next to the station which has bullhorns on the roof. The street that runs from the lower left corner past the service station is now Glendon. The area on the left is mostly commercial, with stores like Ralphs, and gas stations, while the area on the right is mostly residential, with large, low apartment buildings.

photCL 470 (114)

Pasadena Fire Station, 145 East Holly, Pasadena. 1928

Visual Materials

Street view of the Pasadena Fire Station at 145 East Holly. Three engines are backed into their spots, ready to leave immediately, and regular automobiles with "FIRE" signs on the front are parked the same way in the last bay.

photCL 402 (30591)

Mountain View Service Station, 3800 East Foothill, Pasadena. 1924

Visual Materials

Gas station owned by John De Temple at 3800 East Foothill, at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Chapman Avenue or East Pasadena. A man stands in the intersection. Sign on the right advertises City Test Gas for 15 cents plus 2 cents tax.

photCL 402 (25752)

Richfield Gas Station, 855 East California, Pasadena. 1941

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