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Columbia Rd. S. Gas Station

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undated

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-T-2

GUSN

GUSN-362343

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Description

This image shows a Gulf gas station located at 888 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester, Mass. The image is pasted onto a sheet of white paper.

Today, this location is still a Gulf gas station, but the original building has either been demolished or heavily altered to be unrecognizable.

Details

Descriptive Terms

service stations
black-and-white prints (photographs)
paper (fiber product)
ink

Physical Description

1 photograph; 5 x 7 inches
1 sheet of paper; 8 1/2 x 11 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

PC001.02.02.3150.0100.001

Acquisition Type

Library & Archives Purchase

Date Notes

c. mid-to-late 1960s

Image Dimensions

11 x 8.5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
paper (fiber product)
ink

Other Organizations

Gulf Oil Corporation

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-T-2

Processing Information

Sophia Cos, Assistant Archivist, October 2023.

Rules and Conventions

DACS 2nd edition

Historical/Biographical Note

Historical/Biographical Note

There was a gas station at this location by 1955 (if not before) owned by Robert E. Parris. John Franzini owned and operated the gas station starting in 1965. The business was officially labelled as a Gulf gas station beginning in 1968 when it was still owned by Franzini.

Sources


Polk’s Boston City Directory: 1955, Vol. 1. Boston: R. L. Polk & Co., 1955. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/bostondirectoryi00bost/page/n7/mode/2up.
Polk’s Boston City Directory: 1965, Vol. 1. Boston: R. L. Polk & Co., 1965. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/bostondirectoryi11965bost/mode/2up?view=theater.
Polk’s Boston City Directory: 1968, Vol. 1. Boston: R. L. Polk & Co., 1968. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/bostondirectoryi11968bost/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater.

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