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Filling station. Orofino, Idaho

Artwork Tombstone
ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleFilling station. Orofino, Idaho
DateJuly 1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.3 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.7 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.166
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a white, two-pump gas station with an overhanging roof. A person in a hat and suspenders sits in the back of a parked truck while the tank is being filled. A sign on the roof reads,

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a white, two-pump gas station with an overhanging roof. A person in a hat and suspenders sits in the back of a parked truck while the tank is being filled. A sign on the roof reads, "GEORGE HELM | CONOCO | Your Mileage Merchant."

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"Filling station. Orofino, Idaho | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.200.XX.1.166