actress Anne Harding really loved her 1929 Cord L29, her house in Hollywood at Pyramid Place had such a small driveway though, she had a turn table installed
(ca. 1920s)^ - Service station on north Vermont Avenue shows three automobiles parked next to the gas pumps as two attendants fill them up with "filtered gasoline". Other services such as polishing and simonizing are offered at this station, possibly named "Ventura Gasoline".
(ca. 1928)*^ – A man and boy sit in a car at the Central Service Station which is selling both Violet Ray Gasoline and Associated Gasoline. Note the dog sitting on top of what appears to be an oil dispenser (center of photo).
(1929)^^ - Close-up view showing the pumps at the Richfield Service Station located on the southeast corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Ogden Avenue in West Hollywood. Today, a parking lot occupies this space.
(1920s)^ - The Oil Well service station shaped like an oil derrick, next to a palm tree and a two-story apartment building in Los Angeles.
(1920s)^^ – View showing a corner Standard Service Station with a single pump located at 3046 Crenshaw Boulevard (?). An early model car is parked on the left. On the right can be seen a statue of a white polar bear, which was the symbol for Zerolene, “The Standard Oil for Motor Cars”. Signage above the pump reads: “Pure Distilled Red Crown” Gasoline - “Zerolene Vacuum Mobiloils”
(1927)^ - View showing the grand opening of CALPET (California Petroleum) Service Station located at 3237 Wilshire Boulevard. Historical Notes Upon its completion in 1927, the facility was touted by CALPET as “California’s finest super service,” and not without good reason. The central filling station occupied an eye-catching Moorish Revival building, elegantly ornamented with mosaic tile trimmings and decorative grilles. A separate structure at the rear of the lot housed an automatic washing and polishing unit, tire and battery service areas, an accessory shop, and a small cafe. As a final touch, the station’s paved areas were buffered from the sidewalk by lamp posts and small landscape planters.*
No offense, Ron, but Pyramid Place is a long, long way from being close to the Pacific Ocean. This is not the same house. Pyramid Place is near Mulholland Drive, near the top of the Hollywood Hills...
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