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August J. Gabriel Auto Repair Shop

Collection: This image is from the Public Service Commission Photographs Collection and is depicted in a negative, print and digital image.; Image is part of the Public Service Commission Photographs Collection
Date: November 1, 1929; 1929-11-01 Material: safety film; gelatin silver print Dimension: 5 x 4 inches (negative); 10 x 8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Public Service Commission Identifier: aql:4096 psc-000288 psc-000288.tif

Description: An automobile is parked in front of the 1907 brick building housing the August J. Gabriel automobile repair shop, and more autos are parked in front of the nineteenth-century frame building on the left, which houses Mr. Gabriel's blacksmithing business. Frederick Gabriel and Sons operated a blacksmithing, horseshoeing, wagon-building, and truck-repair business here from at least the 1890s into the 1930s.

Collection : aql:3877; vital:1

Creator : Public Service Commission

Date : November 1, 1929; 1929-11-01

Summary/Description : An automobile is parked in front of the 1907 brick building housing the August J. Gabriel automobile repair shop, and more autos are parked in front of the nineteenth-century frame building on the left, which houses Mr. Gabriel's blacksmithing business. Frederick Gabriel and Sons operated a blacksmithing, horseshoeing, wagon-building, and truck-repair business here from at least the 1890s into the 1930s.

Subject : Automobiles; Blacksmiths; Automobile repair shops; Gasoline pumps

Rights : Copyrighted: The City of New York

Coverage : 15-06 (now 19-54) Flushing Avenue, Ridgewood, NY Ridgewood (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : safety film; gelatin silver print; 5 x 4 inches (negative); 10 x 8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:4096 psc-000288 psc-000288.tif

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Subject:
Automobiles; Blacksmiths; Automobile repair shops; Gasoline pumps
Rights Notice
Copyrighted: The City of New York


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