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Filling Station: 1924
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 2:19pm.
Washington, D.C., 1924. "Havoline Oil Company." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
Havoline
Submitted by Dave @ The Model Garage on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 6:31pm.
Havoline is Texaco's brand name for its oil and products.
Havoline Oil?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 6:40pm.
The sign says Texaco, not Havoline.
[The Havoline sign is at top right. - Dave]
Special Occasion?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 3:07pm.
It could be this was a demo of the device. The words on the gasometer seem to be announcing its purpose a bit too loudly for normal garage use.
Mechanic Shade Tree
Submitted by jnc on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 4:49pm.
That's a honey locust in the foreground (note the seed pods). Memories of cleaning the pods off the driveway and yard as a kid. The tree also has huge thorns.
Dynamometer
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 3:54pm.
The device is a chassis dynamometer.
The dyno operator has his hand on the brake lever (Prony brake). He's either measuring horsepower and trying to relate it to engine condition or using the dyno to load the motor and collect/measure blowby somehow for the same purpose.
I wonder if this was a "special occasion" or if there was some other reason the dyno operator had so many helpers?
Early Chassis Dynamometer?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 2:35pm.
Looks like they lock down the automobile and then the drive wheels power a pump. The pressure is measured on the gauge on the "gasometer" in the background.
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