Truck Refueling with Conoco Gasoline
Date1929
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions3 1/16 × 5 7/16 in. (7.7 × 13.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.249
DescriptionA Conoco truck is refueling a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft at the Albuquerque Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the center frame, a 1920s pickup truck is parked left-side facing in front of a tri-motor aircraft. The sign on the side of the truck reads, "CONOCO Ethyl Gasoline" and "the anti-knock motor fuel turns carbon into power". In the left frame, several men in hats are standing behind the truck under the right wing of the aircraft. The aircraft is front facing. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "Ford Tri-motor 2-blade prop; no prop hub".
The University of New Mexico Centennial Project.
On View
Not on viewLocale
March 28, 1929
