Item 103605 - Spectator at oil fire, Kennebec Street, Portland, ca. 1935
- Item 103605 - Spectator at oil fire, Kennebec Street, Portland, ca. 1935
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Image Info A child watched as firefighters, far right and left, battled what appears to be an oil tank car blaze on Kennebec Street, near the intersection with Forest Avenue.
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The Standard Oil of NY filling station, on 157 Kennebec Street, sat to the left of the blaze, while the smoke concealed a billboard advertising for C.E. Noyes Tires at 195 Forest Avenue. The gas station sold "Tydol" gas from Tidewater Oil Company. Tidewater Oil gas and stations were a well-established brand on the East Coast in the 1920s.
