Search Results: Authors starting with A from Daniel / Oliver Gallery

Linen-backed silver prints (47); Each 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
This interesting presentation album shows three different locomotive works, all owned by the American Locomotive Company, which were converted to munitions production during the first World War.
The American Locomotive Company was formed by the merger of several smaller locomotive manufacturers, the Brooks Locomotive Works in Dunkirk, NY, the Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works in Paterson, NJ, the Dickson Manufacturing Company in Scranton, PA, the Manchester Locomotive Works in Manchester, NH, the Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works in Pittsburgh, PA, the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in Providence, RI, the Richmond Locomotive Works in Richmond, VA, and the Schenectady Locomotive Works in Schenectady, NY. Two of these companies, Richmond Locomotive Works and Brooks Locomotive Works, as well as Montreal Locomotive Works, which ALCO purchased in 1904, are represented in the album.
At the beginning of the album there is a four-page typed index of… Read More

Silver prints (158); 3 x 5 and 7 x 9 inches; Some with identifying locations recto, and others with photographer's hand stamp verso.

This compelling photo album, compiled between 1948 and 1957, offers a view into the rapid development of roadside infrastructure that took place in California during the transformative period of post-war prosperity.As California experienced a surge in car ownership and a growing reliance on automobiles for transportation, the need for accessible and conveniently located gas stations became increasingly apparent. The album shows how Associated Oil Company (by this time a subsidiary of Tidewater Oil, owned by Getty) strategically positioned their now-iconic "Flying A" gas stations to cater to the burgeoning market up and down the West Coast. This album presents prospective locations (some depicted with realtors' advertising boards), scenes of construction and improvements, and views of recently completed service stations spanning from the Southern Bay Area to Los… Read More