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Order Number	00058925
Title	Long holiday weekend lines for 76 gas station
Photographer	Papaleo, Ken.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE Box Gas Stations
Date	1979
Physical Description	1 photographic print : b&w ; 30 x 17 cm.
Notes	Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	The 1979 Oil Crisis was an energy crisis characterized by a precipitous drop in oil production for the second time in the 1970s (the first being in 1973). In the wake of the Iranian Revolution, 37,000 Iranian oil refinery employees went on strike in 1978, causing Iran's oil refineries to go from producing 6 million barrels per day to 1.5 million barrels per day. The global oil supply decreased by 7 percent, causing a surge in oil pricing and within 12 months oil markets had doubled to $39.50 per barrel. This surge caused major gas shortages, long gas lines, and panic buying. In the United States, the Jimmy Carter administration began a phased deregulation of oil prices on April 5, 1979, which allowed U.S. oil output to rise sharply from the Prudhoe Bay fields in Alaska, while oil imports fell sharply. It wasn't until the mid-1980s that oil prices returned to pre-crisis levels.
Description	Photograph caption dated April 15, 1979 reads, "L.A. resident Pil Des Jesus was one of many Southland motorists waiting in long lines to fill up the gas tank for the holiday weekend." The photo was taken at a 76 Station at Vermont Avenue and Olympic Boulevard. De Jesus poses with his arms spread out from the driver side window of his Mustang, while an Audi 100 LS also awaits service ahead of him.
Subject	Union 76 (Firm). Service stations. Gasoline pumps. Gasoline supply. Gas companies. Mustang automobile. Automobile drivers. Automobiles. Signs and signboards. Streets. Dwellings. Trucks. Bus stops. Men. Los Angeles (Calif.).
Coverage	1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979
Format	Photographic prints
Rights	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Internal Notes	See Folder Record HERALD-58911-58939 for upload information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection