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| Title | Standard Oil plant, 1916 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1916 |
| Caption | By 1920, Seattle had over 44, 000 licensed drivers. The Standard Oil Company of California had opened the nation's first gas station in Seattle in 1907, and opened a distribution plant on Harbor Island in 1916.
This 1916 photo shows the Standard Oil distribution plant and its industrial neighbors on Harbor Island. Beacon Hill and the Sears Roebuck building are on the mainland (left background). |
| Subjects | Petroleum industry; Industrial facilities; Storage tanks; Reclamation of land; Standard Oil Company of California |
| Places | Harbor Island (Seattle, Wash.); Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.10307 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative : glass, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 50, 277 |
