Crank'er, Maggie, the Customers Are Waitin'
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Source:
The Valentine
Collection:
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection
Date:
10/15/1957
Region:
Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source)
Description:
Black and white photograph of an antique, 1927, Model T oil truck; a woman (Mrs. Margaret Long of Esso Standard Oil Co.) in a coat and white gloves "cranks" the engine at the front of the truck; a man (J. M. Hoffman of Sinclair Refining) in a hat and suit gestures to the woman from the driver's door; another man (W. T. Hyde of Gulf Oil Co.) in suit and hat sits in the passenger seat; the truck is on display at Willow Lawn Shopping Center in Henrico County, Virginia, to call attention to Oil Progress Week. Inscription: stamp __Red date stamp - Oct 15 1957; black "Property of Richmond Times-Dispatch/News Leader" stamp __Verso Geographic Description: Henrico County, Va. --Willow Lawn Drive (Henrico Co., Va)
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kfinity
Date:
Jan 28, 2026
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Jan 28, 2026 10:56 PM
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