File:On morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter gas rationing went into effect8c34992v.jpg
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English: Washington, D.C. On morning of July[sic] 21st, the last day before stricter gas rationing went into effect, cars were parked in front of gas stations long before they opened, waiting to fill their tanks on the quota of their old ration cards. Cars were parked and left without their drivers who returned at eight o'clock when the station on upper Wisconsin Avenue near the District line opened |
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Date | Taken on 21 July 1942 [or June?] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | 1 negative : nitrate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q131454
Prints & Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print |
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Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs(https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html) |
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This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright. |
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- 1942 in road transport in the United States
- 1942 in Washington, D.C.
- Automobiles in Washington, D.C.
- Gas stations in the United States
- Men at work in the 1940s
- Men at work in the United States
- Men with automobiles
- Nitrate negatives
- People of the United States in 1942
- Men of Washington, D.C.
- Gasoline rationing
- Farm Security Administration photographs by Marjory Collins
- Rationing in the United States in World War II
- Standing men