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