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- Johnson's Magnolia Service Station, Houston, Texas, circa 1947 - 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. Mobil and its associated companies began using the "flying red horse" Pegasus logo system-wide in 1934. This Mobil-affiliated Magnolia service station featured the logo prominently.
- circa 1947
- Collections - Artifact
Johnson's Magnolia Service Station, Houston, Texas, circa 1947
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. Mobil and its associated companies began using the "flying red horse" Pegasus logo system-wide in 1934. This Mobil-affiliated Magnolia service station featured the logo prominently.
- "Aunt Phoebe" at Magnolia-on-the-Ashley [Magnolia Gardens], Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1901 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
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- circa 1901
- Collections - Artifact
"Aunt Phoebe" at Magnolia-on-the-Ashley [Magnolia Gardens], Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1901
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- "Railroad Station, Magnolia, Massachusetts," circa 1906 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs. Here, the driver of a Packard automobile has left his duster on the seat and gone -- perhaps to meet the train, or to send a telegram or make a telephone call from the station.
- circa 1906
- Collections - Artifact
"Railroad Station, Magnolia, Massachusetts," circa 1906
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs. Here, the driver of a Packard automobile has left his duster on the seat and gone -- perhaps to meet the train, or to send a telegram or make a telephone call from the station.