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Not Gilmore Oil. The photo of the Gilmore Serve Yourself Service Station, is late 40s-50s. It was part of the Farmers Market business (which Gilmore family still owns). The reason Olympic (The Progress Company) is being sold at the 21 pumps is because Gilmore Oil was out of business, having been acquired by Mobil in 1945...

The other photo posted shows the Olympic brand of the Olympic Refining Co. The greyhound is a whippet logo. Whippet had been a gas brand of Olympic. I believe Midway brand gas was also.

Ad from the 8.11.1948 LA Times...