Sign on Service Station, Waco, Texas
| Artist | Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986) |
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| Title | Sign on Service Station, Waco, Texas |
| Date | November 1939 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 6 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (16.8 × 24.2 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.6 × 25.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.1.6 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts two small billboards attached to a traffic light and adjacent sign hanging in front of a brick building. The text on three separate signs read (from left to right), “STOP | RIGHT | TURN | ON | RED | LEFT | TURN | ON | GREEN”; "The King of Quality | GAS-TIRES-OIL | Firestone ONE STOP SERVICE”; “SANTA HIMSELF | NEW | LAY AWAY PLAN | SEE US TODAY."
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"Sign on Service Station, Waco, Texas | 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.1.6