History yesteryears fillin stations

Here's one I saw when I was at a photoshoot for a clothing catalog,in Randsburg,Ca. Still repair cars there!

 

Taken in the mid 40's?? This was located corner of E 140th and Aspinwall, Cleveland, Ohio. Long gone.

 

Here is one from my hometown in the sixties...now being re-assembled in a museum

 

I've been to that old station in Maui. There are alot of cool old gas station buildings in Hawaii. Most of them are not gas stations anymore, but they are still there. Mostly old 76 stations. I have a bunch of pictures of them from the last time we were there (somewhere). I'll have to look.

Kevin
Ooltewah Speed Shop

 

A cop drivin a 80s fairmont ya gotta love taht,just short of a checker

 

So it wasn't in your family but it was your, quote, "Dad's motel"?

I must be missing something here,... I had to have missed something.
Did you just repost the photos or comments and I never noticed or??

 

That seriously needs to be bought and SAVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(did I add enough exclamation points?
If not, here's a few more...) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Now if I can just figure out a way to pick it up and move it to the land I don't currently have yet for it!

Great shots Rollie!
The camera of choice!

 

Car and proud owner blocking the view

 

I got this one today in Texas

 

Another one from Texas

 

not really it's a State Rest stop on westbound I-94 in North Dakota

 

This is long gone along with the Hotel......I visited the Hotel many times prior to burning down several years ago.

Imagine back in the day making the climb up Rt 30.....

Thanks, John

 

This one is in the north end of Joplin, MO right on Historic Rt 66.
Has been used as a barber shop for quite a few years.

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This one is on Rt 66 (Main Street) in Galena, KS. Has been
rejuvenated by some women as a gift shop & snack place. That
old International boom truck is the one they claim was the inspiration
for "Mater" in the movie CARS.

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This is the Eisler Brothers Store in Riverton, KS (on 66). A grocery
store and gift shop......probably a station in it's heyday.

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On 66 in Afton, OK. Has been rejuvenated and being used as an
antique car dealership now.

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A little newer station in Afton, OK.

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A resto job in Atoka, OK. I think it's the Chamber of Commerce
office nowadays.

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This one is a "filling station" of sorts, in Wichita Falls, TX.
Its an old drive-in restaurant where they still have a license
to sell beer to vehicles that drive up. They say that when the
current owner passes, the license will end. It was a busy place
when we stumbled onto it one afternoon a couple years ago.

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This current BBQ restaurant in Aurora, MO was originally a gas station.
Per the sign at the back, a guy named Don Ellis ran it.

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Here's a pic when it was a Phillips 66 station. I think it later changed
to Sinclair.

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This was a Phillips 66 station in Aurora, MO....built in the 1950s....I
worked there in 1958 or 59....the father of a friend owned it.
We used to wash cars in one bay.....get the driveway out front
wet.....back the car out.....drop it down into low, and see how
long we could spin the tires. Guess the customers never found out.
The station has been remodeled in past years.....a little more
uptown than it was originally. The current owner, as you can
see, is a Studebaker guy.

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Has this nice Stude hauler......

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Heres a few from Hominy,ok

 

My Dad leased the property from Arthur Nelson. Nelson owned half the stuff in the town. As long as my Dad leased it it was "My Dad's motel" ..

 

On the left is the remainds of an old Texaco full service station on route 29 north of Peoria, Illinois that served the community of the Lanes. This is where my family and I went for fuel and service. I used to ride my bike there to air up my tires.

 

Heres one in dewey,ok that rod baughman is turning into a hang hot for the rodders hes going to fix it up as an old gas station

 

The next time I make it out to Mesopatamia Ohio I will take my camera with me...There is a filling station that has been operated there since the 30's with a general store, soda fountain, ice cream shop, hardware store and a gas station. I passed through there last summer in my rig and had to stop just to check it out...Pretty AWESOME place right smack dab in the middle of Amish Country....

 

An old Gulf station on McKinnie Ave in Denton, Texas.

 

This one is in Anaheim,Ca. Was a gas station when I was a kid. Later became a tire store. My dad used to stop there for gas on the way to Disneyland...

 

hey rice road, stopped there every time since i was a kid on the way to the river, remember when it was still in one peice and the counter was still there.

 

This is in New Market Alabama.

 

Looks like an old Signal station with the wedding cake architecture. The "Smog Check" signs are similar in shape and color to the original signage.

 

gettin gas at the Conoco Tower station in Shamrock TX

 

1959 Zephyr station

 

There is a real well preserved station a couple of miles east of Leavenworth WA. Anyone from that country have a picture of it?

 

Remember the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes"? Here's a painting of the "Whistle Stop Cafe". This is where the Sheriff from GA ate the "Frank Bennett" BBQ. It is in Juliette GA.



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