Gasoline Pump
Object Details
- distributor
- Amoco
- Wayne Oil Tank & Pump Company
- Description
- Made in Fort Wayne Indiana, this gasoline pump sold "Red Crown" gasoline, a brand produced by Standard Oil of Indiana. Consumers could see how much gas was pumped as the arrow moved around the face dial.
- As Americans began to drive gasoline-fueled cars in large numbers, oil companies and gasoline stations created technologies and systems to fulfill the demands of consumers. By the 1930s, pumps were the recognizable ancestors of the ones we use today.
- Credit Line
- American Oil Company, Through R. A. Niles
- 1930
- 1932
- ID Number
- TR.326809
- accession number
- 265699
- catalog number
- 326809
- Object Name
- pump, gasoline
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 91 in x 21 in x 21 in; 231.14 cm x 53.34 cm x 53.34 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Indiana, Fort Wayne
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- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Energy & Power
- Natural Resources
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- Road Transportation
- Exhibition
- America On The Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1276008
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-704e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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