Tru-Penn Oil Service Station, circa 1950

Summary

This photograph shows a Tru-Penn Oil Service station from the 1940s. It may be small, but from the number of advertising signs attached to its walls, it provided a host of products to the traveling customer.

This photograph shows a Tru-Penn Oil Service station from the 1940s. It may be small, but from the number of advertising signs attached to its walls, it provided a host of products to the traveling customer.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1950

Creators

Unknown

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

86.18.79.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.875 in.

Width: 6.75 in.

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