Gasoline Pump
- Description
- Made in Fort Wayne Indiana, this gasoline pump sold "Red Crown" gasoline, a brand produced by Standard Oil of Indiana. Consumers could see how much gas was pumped as the arrow moved around the face dial.
- As Americans began to drive gasoline-fueled cars in large numbers, oil companies and gasoline stations created technologies and systems to fulfill the demands of consumers. By the 1930s, pumps were the recognizable ancestors of the ones we use today.
- Date made
- 1930
- distributor
- Amoco
- maker
- Wayne Oil Tank & Pump Company
- Place Made
- United States: Indiana, Fort Wayne
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 91 in x 21 in x 21 in; 231.14 cm x 53.34 cm x 53.34 cm
- ID Number
- TR.326809
- accession number
- 265699
- catalog number
- 326809
- Credit Line
- American Oil Company, Through R. A. Niles
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- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Natural Resources
- Transportation
- Road Transportation
- Energy & Power
- Exhibition
- America on the Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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