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Old Gas Station

Item Info

Item No: pdcal00020
Title: Old Gas Station
Media Type: Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

This is a ca. 1930 image, taken by amateur Philadelphia photographer Claude Alexander, showing a front view of an automobile repair shop, with a Friedrich's Lager truck passing by.  The signage reads: "4230 (address?), Christy & Ries; General Auto Repairing; Motors--Bodies--Fenders."  They also advertise "Wrecks a Specialty," and "Duplate Saftey Glass."  For additional views of this business, see items #pdcal00008, #pdcal00011, #pdcal00015, #pdcal00017, and #pdcal00018.


Creation Year: ca. 1930
Creator Name: Claude Alexander - Photographer