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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
A long time ago, gas stations were owned by people, not companies, not corporations, and you could choose the gasoline that appealed to you from several pump options
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Sunday, July 3, 2011
Chevron/Texaco oil company delivery (oldest to relatively newest) and famous customers
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Flat out this has to be the earliest, most basic transport of gas or oil by an oil company.
1910 Mack
Above 1933
C&H Hawaiian Sugar co
Above Barney Oldfield
Amelia Earhart
this is Frank Hawks beside Texaco Northrop Gamma 2A completed in August of 1932, and purchased by Texaco on December 6, 1932.Photos from http://craunf.org/ChevronWorkersa.htm
1st service station in the world 1907, and the 1st drive in service station 1913
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Above the first service station in the world 1907. John McLean of Standard Oil of California in Seattle Washington set up a pump, wood driveway, a canvas canopy and a display of oil products.
Above, The first service station in the world that was designed to be a drive in station open its pumps on 1 December 1913 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Gulf Oil.
This is what the typical curbside gas station was like
Images from http://craunf.org/ChevronWorkersa.htm
Friday, June 10, 2011
pre 1940's gas station, just an awesome photo, and a rare early color one
Only advertising big wheel I've ever seen, great idea!
Unusual Superbird with a 1970's funly paint job
3 ads in one dealership... Rambler, Jackson, and India, I like that slogan "No sand too deep, no hill too steep"
What are they doing with this elephant? Trying to break the car?
Rockwell was such a talented artist and pretty good at humor too
Clint Eastwood
Katherine Hepburn?
Petty on the left, Yarborough on the righ if I recall correctly, in the Woods Brothers Mercury
Jimi Hendrix
Why did Ford have more ugly Falcon models than good looking Mustangs?
http://21studs.tumblr.com/ is where all of these came from
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Model T's getting offloaded from the train to the dealership
The tools and grease pump display board on the far side of the car are a reminder that a garage once was a display case for the small oil company products, for a good look at one see the Richfield lube rack https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5N1KSkzjmRff5JBROoBooQHZ3sEDCvIAhWUbEfkj7HzOz4UigiFU1v2qAoRIGV-3Cinzxh5clUMDVrbIIkoXJJ7xQX3E1Bisj1tU2srv5H7QfJ4W19i5fQko2STEzMhME6cMGjeuJuKw/s1600/DSC_0038.JPG
Doesn't she look cute in the sailor outfit
great photos I've never come across before! terrific Tumblr site, now on my recommended list http://21studs.tumblr.com/
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Behind the car is a High Test fuel sign... oh, for the good old days
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Friday, October 1, 2010
an amusement park bumper car and 1930's gas pump in a bar on Miramar Rd, called the filling station
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