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.
- Object Name
- pump, gasoline
- Date made
- 1930
- distributor
- Amoco
- maker
- Wayne Oil Tank & Pump Company
- 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
- Place Made
- United States: Indiana, Fort Wayne
- ID Number
- TR*326809
- accession number
- 265699
- catalog number
- 326809
- subject
- Natural Resources
- Transportation
- Energy & Power
- Road Transportation
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- Exhibition
- America on the Move
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- American Oil Company, Through R. A. Niles
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