Earl Bell Gilmore (1887–1964) was the son of Arthur Fremont Gilmore and took control of the family businesses, including the

Gilmore Oil Company The Gilmore Oil Company was an independent oil company in California which was founded by Arthur Fremont Gilmore after he struck oil on his dairy farm in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles around 1903. His son, Earl Bell Gilmore, took over the ...

, in 1918. He was inducted into the

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in 1987. Gilmore was born and died in the historic Rocha Adobe. According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', "E. B. Gilmore is credited with running one of Los Angeles' first gasoline stations...It is said that around 1910 young Gilmore would load his horsedrawn wagon with gasoline from the family refinery and then wait on the corner of Wilshire and La Brea for automobiles from the city to come by. He sold his product for 10 cents a gallon and purified it by pouring it through a

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Awards

Gilmore was inducted into the

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in 2024.

References

1887 births 1964 deaths American businesspeople in the oil industry Burials at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles {{petroleum-stub