still waiting for a 2nd life, in Republic Mi, in the yoop

https://www.facebook.com/groups/352404969040549/permalink/1806044627009902

at the intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and Las Palmas Ave. in West Hollywood was a 76 gas station and it had a model t for eye candy

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1512463957577893&set=a.621872756637022

1938, when traffic was so slow that they installed a gas station in the middle of the road

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4699377383629265&set=gm.1811912826653212&idorvanity=319578812553295

photographer David Freund went on a mission to document the gas stations from '78 to '81, he called the photo series Gas Stop

https://www.davidfreundphotography.com/gas-station

I get a kick out of seeing how gas stations powered their pumps... I wonder if this was when there was a black out, or to prevent anyone from pumping and taking off without paying

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=28960448626893433&set=gm.1810225800155248&idorvanity=319578812553295

love that architecture had an influence on gas station design, and these were all over California, from San Diego to Sacramento

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/293296994464290997/

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/artbound/in-1970s-san-diego-these-groundbreaking-artists-pushed-the-boundaries-of-photography

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/365495325987746565

nice image from a Sunoco advertisement

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1896947567958317&set=gm.1805857017258793&idorvanity=319578812553295

Pie Town Standard station 1940

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10225790746875628&set=gm.1807394783771683&idorvanity=319578812553295

before they became a convenience store with gas pumps, and were a service station with gas pumps... this was what they looked like

 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=27348395441453129&set=gm.2667244617204236&idorvanity=605062986755753

thank you Turdherder! For lettting me know about the Gulf No-Nox advertising campaign "It gives you an extra kick" and the Gulf gas station attendant gave customers a little pair of orange plastic horse shoes

this reminds me about my article on day glo colors invention and use in advertising https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2023/05/name-one-invention-that-allies-enjoyed.html

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=6613115165480554&set=p.6613115165480554&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1755590738201686&set=gm.997079508063881&idorvanity=966136097824889

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10164584442734650&set=gm.1667631267675365&idorvanity=966136097824889

https://www.facebook.com/groups/966136097824889

https://media.printables.com/media/prints/147970/images/1392529_b9251979-6d84-44fe-a194-2fb78c45e2e1/thumbs/inside/1280x960/jpg/d259gulfx2.webp

Olympic athletes that once pumped gas.... no less than Jesse Owens and Duke Kahanamoku

Jesse Owens worked as a petrol pump attendant to help finance his studies at Ohio State University. then made history at the 1936 Olympic Games by winning four gold medals, setting individual Olympic records in each event, plus another as a member of the 400-meter relay. And pissing off Hitler with his superior race nonsense

I already did a thorough bio of Duke in 2019 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/05/did-you-know-duke-kahanamoku-famous.html

One of a kind flying saucer Chipotle and Starbucks in St. Louis. Originally built in 1967 as a Phillip 66 gas station.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1836894433966670&set=gm.27543552208630468&idorvanity=353785941367129

 

the best red white and blue photo I've come across lately

North Platte, Nebraska

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10230888895545120&set=gm.1724114912099671&idorvanity=319578812553295 

2 pumps and one service bay, Weber's in NYC by Walter Silver.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=27721266877478287&set=pcb.1723769815467514

a terrific restored station in Ripon, WI

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1698541464926815&set=pcb.1941867423180761

little things lead to history learning! Tankar Gas and Oil Stations were founded in 1928

Tankar was a historic brand of low-priced gasoline and oil filling stations operating in the Midwest and South, often known for providing affordable fuel during the mid-20th century. 

These gas stations were often located near railroad spurs where gas could be delivered directly to a tank car, which served as the station fuel storage 

the car at the gas pump is towing a Mullins Trailer, made from 1936-38  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-mullins-trailer-1936-38.html

Thank you Mercury Man for pointing it out! 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10241794705061477&set=gm.1923186818382155&idorvanity=892215761479271

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10242015622385126&set=gm.2878394295840696&idorvanity=639840753029406

that is one huge water tower, 75,000 gallons, a city water tower. Steve and 49er Badger individually looked it up, Sunset Beach California, built in 1892 from redwood and fir

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122098297269302501&set=gm.1293425266263815&idorvanity=729868165952864

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/2868164131/in/photolist-5ns6gH-6kEiSv-2heyHKN-8CVS9e-8CVSDF-8CVTmi-8CYYoh-2kUwTT7

In 1940, the Santa Fe Tank & Pipe Co. rebuilt the tank, with it now being able to contain 75,000 US gal (280,000 L), making it the largest water tower ever on the West Coast at the time

Used by Pacific Electric until 1945, then from 1945 until 1974 it stored water that was pumped from an artesian well from Bolsa Chica bluffs. 

Deemed too expensive to rehabilitate, it due to be torn down in the 1980s, but a public outcry saved it and it was converted into a house that you can visit today.

87 feet tall, (9 stories in terms of typical buildings)

 When the water tower became obsolete and several architects intervened and converted the tower into the house it is today. The house was converted by a math professor at Long Beach City College who had once bought another water tower. The conversion was finished in 1984.

I've been surprised to have posted about water towers, who built them, how, and where... and this one is bigger than most city water towers I've seen. 

It's not the largest, I used to live next to the million gallon tower in North Park https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2021/03/thats-famous-north-park-water-tower-in.html

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ocarchives/5013007180/in/photostream/

https://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=318
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Street_Water_Tower

You have GOT to watch this video...  but keep in mind, as rich and successful as this guy is, he has no clue how much water weighs per gallon. It's not 6 pounds, as he states. It's 8.3 pounds a gallon> How did I know? I crewed on subs, and buoyancy, ballast, displacement etc are just everyday facts to submariners. Sea water is 8.55

 https://www.architecturaldigest.com/video/watch/living-in-a-water-tower-converted-into-3-story-luxury-home

Thank you Steve! Thank you 49er Badger! 

N.R. Dunton ran a pipe to a spring two miles away and established Cool Springs in 1926 on Route 66 west of Kingman, Arizona

The business thrived until the new highway opened in 1952.

Cool Springs became a poultry operation called the Chicken Ranch. It was abandoned in 1964 and then burned down. 

Cool Springs was partly rebuilt in 1991 to be blown up for the film Universal Soldier. Ed Leuchtner bought it in 2002 and resurrected the landmark.

https://www.facebook.com/Route66Postcards/posts/pfbid02etJLKN1qUU7zpZZiTpER8eQdwGqJVLeUryecN9mzdvnJg8ZUqxrPNyuccBC1iD6el

In 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station in El Paso, Texas was restored

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10230579469649666&set=gm.1699960724515090&idorvanity=319578812553295