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| Title | Mac's Complete Service automobile service station, ca. 1933 |
| Photographer | Peak, Roy M. |
| Date | ca. 1933 |
| Caption | Automobile drivers originally bought gasoline from streetside pumps at hardware stores, blacksmith shops and other businesses. This practice often caused traffic jams and other problems. The Standard Oil Company opened its first drive-in filling station in Seattle in 1907, solving one cause of traffic congestion. By the 1920s, gas stations also offered oil changes, new tires, and complete car care.
This photo was taken in about 1933. It shows Mac's Complete Service, with its two bays of gas pumps and two bays for servicing cars and trucks. The station may have stood on Bailey Street, south of the downtown area. |
| Subjects | Automobile service stations |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.4971.67 |
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| 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 nitrate negative: 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 P01, 033 |
