Heinie "Dutch" Baumgarten with His Texaco Super Service Station, Schulenberg, Texas, 1940-1950
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Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small business owners to mail or hand out to customers. Clean white enameled porcelain Texaco stations -- designed by Walter Dorwin Teague -- became a nationally recognizable beacon to motorists. These stations promised friendly attendants, quality gasoline, and clean restrooms.
Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small business owners to mail or hand out to customers. Clean white enameled porcelain Texaco stations -- designed by Walter Dorwin Teague -- became a nationally recognizable beacon to motorists. These stations promised friendly attendants, quality gasoline, and clean restrooms.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1940-1950
Subject Date
1940-1950
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.151.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of John Margolies.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.0 in
Width: 6.438 in
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