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Originally Posted by loyalton

The 1942 directory gives the address as 2423 E. 28th St., on or near the corner of Santa Fe, in Vernon. Being in a pretty gritty industrial town/district*, I suspect the headquarters to be pretty basic with Gilmore putting the promo budget in the forefront. There are 1950s and later aerial views around but Gilmore was apparently gone by 1945. It looks like everyone's favorite aerial photo source is reloading over the weekend, so stay tuned.

*Farmer John meat packing is covered in a mural, done in 1963. That may be it for Vernon's contribution to the Arts. The mural does not cover the stockyard smell, which was actually less than what I expected. I also remember a dirt road in the mural (now painted over) that some Wile E. Coyote-type tried to drive into.

I believe you misunderstood the suggestion of a photo search question. I was addressing the Standard Auto Body Works that was located 1501 Central Avenue not Gilmore.

Gilmore Oil Company was purchased by Socony-Vacuum (later called Mobil and even later EXXON-Mobil) in 1940. The Gilmore trucks were repainted and remained in service. The below is a similarly designed delivery truck bearing the MOBILOIL trade name and belonging to a gasoline wholesaler known as General Petroleum. Barely visible above the windshield on this truck is the Pegasus logo of the old Magnolia Oil Company which had been acquire by Mobil in the 1930s.




http://georgedennis.blogspot.com/2013_06_02_archive.html

I'm guessing that all three truck designs were from the mind and hands of Wellington Everett Miller who was also associated with a truck builder by the name of Advance Auto Body of Los Angeles, California, last located at 4700-4950 Anaheim-Telegraph Rd.