Mobil Gas Station, Old Saybrook, 1962
Date1962
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 5/8 x 6 5/8in. (11.7 x 16.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm)
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionA service station is located at a highway intersection. Signs read: "Mobil" "Mobiloil" "Washing" "Lubrication" "Mobilgas 29.9." Highway signs read: "KNOLLWOOD BEACH / CORNFIELD POINT / FENWICK / SAYBROOK POINT / FENWOOD" "NEW HAVEN / CLINTON / WESTBROOK." Street signs read: "STOP" "GO RIGHT." Electric street lights and utility poles and wires line the highways. A traffic light hangs overhead. Automobiles are on the roads and parked in a parking lot in the right background.
Object number2006.93.318
InscribedOn recto, lower left, in pencil, "OLD SAYBROOK, CONN. - 1962."On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number.
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