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The Sobol brothers, Ira and Benjamin, owned a chain of gas stations under license of Standard Oil of New York (SOCONY)--as of 1938, at more than 150 locations. They advertised them as "Stations of Reputation." A Sobol Bros. station appears in Neva…

Lo Pinto, Ferdinand (1906-1980) Lo Pinto was the son of Italian immigrants in New York City, his father a physician. After attending the National Academy of Design and taking classes at the Art Students League, he exhibited at venues like the…

One of several illustrations created for a Federal Writers Project book on the state of Alaska, this one is for a chapter treading delicately about indigenous peoples in relation to White settlers.Lo Pinto, Ferdinand (1906-1980) Lo Pinto was the son…

Lo Pinto, Ferdinand (1906-1980) Lo Pinto was the son of Italian immigrants in New York City, his father a physician. After attending the National Academy of Design and taking classes at the Art Students League, he exhibited at venues like the…

Lo Pinto, Ferdinand (1906-1980) Lo Pinto was the son of Italian immigrants in New York City, his father a physician. After attending the National Academy of Design and taking classes at the Art Students League, he exhibited at venues like the…

Also known as the Vermont Centennial Arch, it was designed by William C. Bull to celebrate Vermont's statehood in 1791. It was built of wood and covered with canvas painted to replicate the stones of its better-known and more permant Battle Monument,…

At an unidentified and humble market advertising “Fruits & Produce,” we see what appears to be a family preparing their display. The muted browns of the ground, wooden crates, and shed constitute much of the painting yet serve as a backdrop to…

Beginning in the late 1920s, O'Keeffe began spending much of her time in the American southwest, painting its sensuous landscapes. This image is in OpenValley for the purposes of comparison to Philip Cheney's Rocky Mountain Highway, likewise…