Three Degree Road Station #439

April 19, 1920

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Three Degree Road Station #439
  • Title
  • Three Degree Road Station #439
  • Creator
  • Allegheny County Department of Public Works
  • Date
  • April 19, 1920
  • Identifier
  • 20100001-hpicnpl-0122
  • Description
  • Three Degree Road (currently Babcock Boulevard) in Town of McCandless, Allegheny County, PA. Photo shows a rural dirt road bending to the left. A gas station (Wildwood Service Station) is seen with Wildwood Road bearing off to the right. (At this time Wildwood Road did not connect to Ingomar Road.) Several gas pumps are seen with gas advertised at $.33 "Cones" available. A low shed advertises Free Air and Oil $.25. To the left of the station there is a large advertising sculpture. The sculpture features a large open book on a brick pedastal. "United States Tires" and an image of a tire are seen on the right-hand page of the book. A house is seen in the distance around the bend. Photo shows station 439.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Subject
  • McCandless (Pa.)
    Three Degree Road (McCandless, Pa.)
    Babcock Boulevard (McCandless, Pa.)
    Service stations--Pennsylvania
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Town of McCandless
  • Source
  • Allegheny County Department of Public Works
  • Contributor
  • Northland Public Library
  • Collection
  • Northland Historical Image Collection
  • Rights Information
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