Old gas stations

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Some fun ones - getting much harder to remember if we've seen pictures before or not as this thread grows.

 

[LizzieMaine]

That's a very impressive neon Shell. TCP was a gimmick additive rolled out in 1953 amidst heavy promotion, so I'd suspect that sign went up not long after. TCP was a chemical that supposedly prevented engine fouling from lead buiidup, a consequence of the sharply increased lead levels used in postwar gasoline. TCP is even more toxic than tetraethyl lead itself, which didn't do much for the environment.

I've noted before that the main Shell sign seen here, introduced in 1948, was the first type of internally-lit plastic sign ever used in the United States, and signaled the downfall both of neon and of the old-style porcelain enameled steel signs that had been common up to then.

 

[BobHufford]

Off the square in Ava, Missouri.

 

[3fingers]

Off the square in Ava, Missouri.

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I'm glad they preserved it, but that cheap vinyl window needs to go.

 

[2jakes]

"Motorist asking directions from State Trooper along Route, New Mexico (1939)". Colorized.

 

[LizzieMaine]

That's a government vehicle, operated by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Probably a CCC camp nearby.

 

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I think we've seen this one before, but just in case not:

 

[2jakes]

Keen observation LizzieMaine!
Checking further, I found the following link:
U.S.C.C.C. License Plates

According to the link:
The man on the right is most likely the gas station attendant from the Phillips 66 Service station giving directions to the driver with the CCC license plates.

"This is what a New Mexico State Policeman looked like at the time."
(CCC Dept. of Interior)

 

[GHT]

The stables at Ailsa Wharf, one of the first four distribution depots established in 1888 by Anglo-American Oil. Distribution was carried out by horse drawn tank car until after WW1.
Two horse power. Didn't the French have a car named deux-chevaux?

 

[3fingers]

Didn't the French have a car named deux-chevaux?

AMC dealers in the US sold Renault autos for a time. Pretty much all of them would qualify as deux chevaux performance wise. Contrary ones at that.

 

[LizzieMaine]

When in 1965 my father was compelled to flee the state under highly charged circumstances, he came home six months later driving a Renault. My mother threw him out again.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[2jakes]

Mongolian drivers fill up their red car at a makeshift gas station in Arbay Heere,
Mongolia. A man and his daughter watch nearby.

 

[2jakes]

The Atlantic Refining Company

Broad St. & Roosevelt Blvd. 1917

 

[2jakes]

Last gas stop for Bonnie & Clyde:

 

[GHT]

Apologies if I posted this previously, amnesia goes with the ageing process, or as my wife often accuses me of: Selective amnesia.
Is this where Loony Tunes fill up?

 

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[2jakes]

First fillings stations were usually
at blacksmith shops.

 

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Pyroil....the Wonder Gas!

 

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Holden
Service Station, 1950s.

early 60s filling station.

Ready for picking!