History Images of vintage gas stations ~ pre 65

Boiler Room, Indiana


Cambridge, Ma.


DX

 

. Seattle, Wa.


Lebanon, Indiana
Richfield Garage
. .
Eckerman, Michigan

 

Cowboy Trading Post in Arizona: Schlitz Beer, Gila Monster’s, and Rattlesnakes..


Burlington, Vermont

Rockwall, Texas

 

Looks like your pic was corrupted (look at the beer sign over the door or the wines/beer/meals sign at the left). Here’s a good one:

 

i had tried to read that sign on the left!!

 

The first one posted has been ruined by AI. Why you would do that to a good original pic is beyond me.

Here is the AI version agian. Have a look in the bottom right corner and you will see the GROK name and logo.
This is an AI platform introduced by the 'xAI' company. Thanks to Elon ...... yet again.

 

I noticed the Rest Rooms was missing the R

 

service station and grocery just west of Manila AR 1935.


Knightstown, Indiana



Sinclair


Old Dutch Mill
postcard

 

Saw this on FB, sorry if we already covered it. Still a great art deco station.

 

They always look a lot smaller when they fall into neglect. JW

 

Red Crown Station in California. International Harvester Caravan advertising their trucks.


1934 Diamond T Doodlebug


Old timer

 

First sod garage I’ve ever seen.

 

thought it was hay bales!-big for sod?

 

One of those funky postcards from the National Press in Chicago, IL - The Smallest Chicago in U.S. on US Route 80. The back states:
14 miles west of El Paso
6 miles to New Mexico Line
16 miles to Juarez, Mexico
1620 miles to Chicago, Illinois


Tennessee


Ludowici, Georgia


Dunsmuir, Ca.

 

and a GREAT place to log!

 

Continental Divide, Wyoming

Arvin, Ca.

Chiefland, Fla.

 

Ashland, Tx.


Orchard Grove

 

Windmill Tourist Camp, US 20, between Waterloo and Seneca Falls, New York:


Dorman's


Texaco


Texaco

 

what is the thing between tire and gas pump?

 

Diagnostic engine Tune-up ****yzer reads the RPMs etc. Some of them would have a screen showing the strength of each cylinder, would let you know of a bad plug or plugwire, set the idle , adjust carburetors etc.

 

Automobile being fueled at one of the first gas stations in St. Louis, operated by the Pierce Oil Company at 4614 Washington Boulevard, 1916.

Seattle


Chautauqua County, NY

 

thanks

 

Mobil Gas Station (circa 1947-48 photograph) located at 3304 North Figueroa Street in Los Angeles CA. Managed by Lou Banta and Sal Macchia.

 

Savannah, Ga. 5 gallons for 85c

Gas Store, Okla 1939
Gas Sunnybrook Farm, Ohio

 

Postcard


San Bernadino, Burgers

Lucedale, Ms
Jarreau, La.

 

Freshest milk around!!

Ben

 

Minute Service Station, taken in 1925. One in a series of photos, evidently commissioned by Texaco, of service stations in and around Washington, D.C.

Westmoreland, N.H.

Li***z, Pa

Gulf- Providence, Ky.

 

Everett's Service


Emory's Studebaker Garage





Standard

 

Gilmore


Art Deco Gulf

 

Mitchell's Garage, Woodville, South Australia (State Library of South Australia)