Sunset and Figueroa, where Tom Donovan's Texaco station was located

Well, I don't see a Texaco star in this shot, so it's not a Texaco station, but it was a gasoline station in 1924.  You might be able to get a larger view of the scene from Facebook.

Okay, in this second shot, the gas station [seen at the bottom left] does have a Texaco star sign right at the corner.  1954.  Kind of neat.  This was Donovan's station.  I don't know how long he owned the station, but Dad stopped for gas here regularly.  It was close to his ride home, the Pasadena Freeway, and his work down at 1st & Hill.