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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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I've been trying to get on NLA all day but it kept saying "server busy". This has been happening alot lately. I hope Skyscraperpage fixes the problem behore we all get discouraged.
Guess what noirishers: I have a mystery location that needs to be solved.
Here's how it's listed on eBay.
Van Fleet & Durkee 427 Shell gas station S California Los Angeles ? visible pump. ...< - - - - Note the question mark behind Los Angeles.
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We have seen other Van Fleet & Durkee sevice stations on NLA but I don't believe we have seen this particular one. ..I initially thought that was a plowed field in the distance but it's the roof of a building.
I think a sign down the street might says Billiards.
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The "Van Fleet and Durkee" branding of the stations lasted from 1929 to 1931. The chain then went under the "Shell Service Inc." banner.
archive.org - los-angeles-times_1931-03-10
If the the company stayed with their numbering system after the rebrand, the station pictured was likely in the general San Francisco area.
A 1933 San Francisco/Daly City directory lists the area's Shell Service Inc. stations with their designated number.
The stations are all in the 400 - 450 range. There is no listing for a 427 Shell station that year. Maybe closed or jumped ship?
I can't find a listing that fits but I think the pictured station may have been somewhere close to the intersection of Mission Street and Hillside Blvd. in Daly City.
You can make out "Mission" at the bottom of the real estate sign to the right of the picture.
The top of the sign maybe referring to the Vista Marina mentioned here.
archive.org - Daly City Record 1932-11-04
There is a Vista Avenue close to the intersection these days.
Back in the early 1930's there was a billiards hall just north of the intersection at 6375 Mission Street.
The area I think it might be nowadays.
GSV
Apologises for all the
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