Title

Small independent gas stations litter the highway, near Kingsburg, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange.

Caption

Near Kingsburg. Small independent gas stations litter the highway. California. [Signs: 'Higher Octane; Fire-Chief Gasoline; Ice Cream, Lunches, Cold Drinks; Western Gasoline; Texaco; Snow Grown Motor Oil

Date

1939

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A53_168

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,0Mb (1,8Mb) / 16,5in x 12,0in / 4960 x 3596 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation highway exterior outdoors signs California road building library car cars automobile shopping shop shops business economics industry country sign industrial photography petrol station garage petrol advertisements advertisement advertising text location century gas station advert thirties company concept petrol pump depression negative recession petrol pumps service station B&W lettering filling station gasoline ad Library of Congress road Transport United States of America Motor Car black & white black and white B W 1930s Texaco 20th century Great Depression American America USA TGN outside photograph united states Congressional Library Heritage Art Dorothea Lange Lange Dorothea Taylor Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange Taylor Russell Lee Lee Russell Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn Nutzhorn Dorothea Margaretta nitrate negative still image Nitrate negatives. gmgpc