Showing posts with label pre 1930's gas station. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pre 1930's gas station. Show all posts
Monday, September 07, 2026

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

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Monday, August 31, 2026

Pie Town Standard station 1940

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

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

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Jesse Owens worked as a petrol pump attendant to help finance his studies at Ohio State University. then made history at the 1936 Olympic Ga...
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Wednesday, June 03, 2026

ghost signs of a great depression era gas station in Otsego Mi... I lived in Otsego (and was in 1st grade) in the mid 70s

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10232692060419257&set=gm.1696798304601202&idorvanity=352404969040549  
Monday, May 25, 2026

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

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Sunday, May 10, 2026

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

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Tankar was a historic brand of low-priced gasoline and oil filling stations operating in the Midwest and South, often known for providing af...
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Saturday, May 09, 2026

great shop trucks!

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  I was surprised to learn, these aren't Fords. These, are Fordsons. I don't think I've ever come across a Fordson vehicle, just...
Monday, April 27, 2026

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

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The business thrived until the new highway opened in 1952. Cool Springs became a poultry operation called the Chicken Ranch. It was abandone...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

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

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Sunday, February 15, 2026

from that time, long ago, when they were known as filing stations

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10239931080560106&set=gm.1640157133828783&idorvanity=319578812553295
Sunday, February 08, 2026

terrific mom n pop gas station, Huntington Indiana

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https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/31/
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Hillsdale Oregon... what an eye catching roadside attraction!

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Found on the Vintage Service Stations & Car Dealerships facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/groups/892215761479271/
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

wow, this is nearly Norman Rockwell level Americana. I love this diner, which is connected to a mom n pop gas station

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https://media.invisioncic.com/r277599/monthly_2021_03/1694115054_AMaineScene.jpg.f534b70d1dab643436ca502f28d3ee68.jpg No, I don't see ga...
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Monday, December 15, 2025

hell of a stack of oil bottles!

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2084289715734083&set=gm.1820385511995620&idorvanity=892215761479271
Tuesday, December 02, 2025

the coolest garage you'll see this month, the Egyptian, originally built as a street car electrical substation, it was remodeled into the Egyptian Garage in 1925

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notice the upper windows are still cool along the East side Of course, it's a liquor store now https://www.johnfry.com/pages/PhotoSanDie...
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Saturday, October 25, 2025

sweet little vintage gas station on the Tail Of The Dragon, and a Vette with cameras everywhere but on the damn dash where it would do some good for the viewing audience

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https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2025/10/25/video-three-minutes-of-a-corvette-zr1-running-the-tail-of-the-dragon/
Sunday, October 19, 2025

32 years after purchase, a 1920s Cities Service gas station's restoration is complete

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10238828151633276&set=pcb.10238828181274017
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Monday, September 29, 2025

Mauricio colored some very cool old black and white photos I'm familiar with, and you probably are too, here's what these would have looked like if color photography had been used back in the day

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10162692258398190&set=pcb.1867887730458807
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

I'm guessing a motor kept the airplanes circling... very cool. I've never seen this before

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10223733095273678&set=gm.1528953024949195&idorvanity=319578812553295
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

I don't think I've ever come across the word "lubritory" until now.

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