ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH / mrg 00001 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00001

Teapot Dome gas station, Zillah, Washington

Washington ↗Zillah ↗1987 ↗

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Zillah, Washington

A scandal with a handle

In Zillah, political satire became a place to buy gasoline.

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THE ORIGINAL RECORD

Archive details

Photographer: Margolies, John
Photographed: 1987.
Location: United States--Washington (State)--Zillah
Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Digital ID: mrg 00001 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00001
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-mrg-00001 (digital file from original color transparency)
Call number: LC-MA05- 1 [P&P]
Subjects: Automobile service stations--1980-1990.
Mimetic buildings--1980-1990.
United States--Washington (State)--Zillah.
Washington (State)--Zillah
Automobile service stations--1980-1990
Mimetic buildings--1980-1990
United States--Washington (State)--Zillah
Margolies categories: Mimetic gas stations; Gas stations
Rights advisory — Library of Congress: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
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Original catalog notes: Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies categories: Mimetic gas stations; Gas stations.
Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Source: Library of Congress record ↗ · Image resource ↗
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