History yesteryears fillin stations

DOH!!! that was supossed to have went on my how hips yur house thread..im a water head!!!
anyone know how to move a post??

 

You guys are missing out...anyone seen this one? This is near Yakima Washington where I grew up.




This little gas station was built in 1922, a commentary on the Teapot Dome scandal involving President Harding and a federal petroleum reserve in Wyoming (the reserve still exists, operated by the Department of Energy and Fluor Daniel, Inc.). Said to be the oldest gas station in use in the country, it survived partially because it was moved years ago, to be closer to the interstate. Washington is also said to be the birthplace of gas stations, and a plaque marking the site of the nation's first filling station can be found in Seattle's Waterfront Park

 

Here is a picture of my coupe at the Teapot gas station in Zillah Washington.

Some info on the gas station:

http://www.everythingnorthwest.com/Zillah-Washington-Teapot-Northwest-Travel-Yakima.html

 

These aren't of a filling station, but I think you'd find them interesting. A good friend of mine has a thing for old general stores. He seems to know where all the last remaining old General and hardware stores are in our area. I like them too and sometimes go with him on his excursions. Well, he bought an old screen door from one somewhere and had no place to hang it, so he bought some acreage from his sister and built this over the past few yrs. He sprayed acid on the metal roofing to make it rust and even painted rust on the siding in places to make it look like the signs are bleeding. He towed the old packard in and lost his insurance because of it (he found another co.) The area is surrounded by Amish so when they have some old tack and equipment that's no good, they drop it off at his place , they seem to enjoy his eccentricity as much as I do.

 

I took this one last week, then started choppin'. It is my workplace and was an old gas station, we still have some original stuff like the old oil taps and tanks, I'm hoping to get my boss to buy an old pump to put in our waiting room.Thats me looking under the hood of the '36. Thanks to the guys of Garden City Rodders and Rod Benders hotrod clubs for posing their cars outside our shop.

 

Heres another taken in January

 

heres one I took on a stinking hot day last summer in a little town halfway between Melbourne & Sydney.

Its an old Art Deco servo converted into a tyre joint but thank god they renovated it and kept the original period styling.

Rat

 

here's an old place in Calaveras county, California. at one time it was a store, then a post office. now it's just a cool old place to take a picture of.....

 

Very cool pictures. They look great in b&w.

 

One in Earth, Texas




For that matter, here's there theater, too.



Most of these shrinking Panhandle towns are dolling up their building painting them up like this or adding murals. Pretty creative work!

 

heres the one up the block from our restaurant..
man, those earth tex shots are cool!!!!

 

This one is not far from me. It,s situated right off a busy main road yet has just been left to rot.
There,s the remains of an early 60,s Austin inside but that,s about it. I can,t see this place being left for much longer so I ought to nab the pump before it just ends up being scrapped.

 

kool ..dont look like anyone would miss it, thats for sure!!!

 

here are some I've taken. The red one is in northern Ca. The white one and the other one are on old Route 66 between Kingman and Selimang. Also another of the one in Shamrock Tx

 

Anyone live near Boswell, OK? Here's the gas station from TLB. Too bad it's gone; I'd still like to make a pilgrimage there someday...

http://groups.msn.com/twolaneblacktophomepage/clickforboswellthenandnowphotos.msnw

Hank

 

Back in the day....

 

When I was a kid, I remember always looking for service stations when we were on a trip. It seems about every station had race cars back then.

 

http://www.agilitynut.com/gas/5.html

Interesting page for airplane gas station

 

Anybody know if the restored one in Concord NC. is still there? We went through it 20 years ago. Filled to the brim with oil cans and glass globes. It was off the beaten path and may have been moved to the mostly residential site. If it's still there it is worth a side trip while at the Charlotte race track.

 

Here are some pics of an old station I use to pass in Tumbleweed, Kansas.

FF

 

Hey rottenpop. That's a nice pump. Sure would like to have that.

 

By the way, rottenpop. Is that English ivy growin on that pump? Ha!

 

See what I can do Charlie. You ok picking up the tab for postage? Ha ha!

 

Here's a couple of cools ones we saw last year ...

Both in Texas - one in Hico, the other in Driftwood (not far from the SaltLick).

 

before and after shots

 

Rat, thats at Gundagai, what a trip that was.

Great thread.

 

yeah old "filling stations" are Kool. if ya want to see a Kool one thats made outa a b-17g bomber and its been there since right after WW2..go to thebomber.com its in Milwaukie,Oregon and still open!