Bowser Gasoline Pump
Bowser Gasoline Pump
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- Description
- S. F. Bowser and Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana made this example of an early style of gas pump in 1916. The pump is operated by a hand crank using a rack and pinion system. The "clock face" shaped dial system lets consumer know how much gas had been pumped.
- Object Name
- Gasoline Pump
- Other Terms
- Gasoline Pump; Road
- ID Number
- TR.323490
- accession number
- 254115
- catalog number
- 323490
- Credit Line
- Don H. Berkebile
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- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- Exhibition
- America On The Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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