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The Gas Shack: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 1:09pm.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Penn Oil Co., Columbia Road station between 17th & 18th." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Argonne Place
Submitted by ThunderCheese on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 10:28pm.
This is the back of Argonne Place, which is in between Columbia Road and Harvard Street, 16th and 17th. Late 1920 is my best guess for time period.
Argonne Place
Submitted by ThunderCheese on Sun, 07/31/2011 - 11:53am.
I'll have to get a better photo with my camera instead of my phone. The gas station is now an apartment complex. Houses built in 1921, and are still here. What do you think? I'd say it's the same developer if it's not the same houses.
Zoil
Submitted by loribl on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 2:40am.
Did anyone notice the Pennzoil sign on the shack? It looked old even THEN!
[The sign reads PENN OIL. - Dave]
The row houses
Submitted by upstatenyguy on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 6:43pm.
They look brand new, and modern -- anyone know if they are still around?
Aromatic hydrocarbons
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 6:42pm.
Gas stations used to smell like gas stations; a 7-Eleven with a pump island doesn't.
Contemporary
Submitted by Noel on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 6:35pm.
I'm struck by the styling and the newness of those dwellings in the background -- it almost looks like a modern, present-day apartment complex being built in the background of a 1920 photograph.
Not a great deal
Submitted by jimmylee42 on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 4:50pm.
I was just thinking the other day that gas was selling for 24 to 28 cents a gallon during the gas wars of 1970.
No Frills Fuel
Submitted by GeezerNYC on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 3:45pm.
I'll bet it was fixed up real nice inside.
The price of gas
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 3:40pm.
33 cents in 1920 is equivalent to $3.50 today. Guess I should stop complaining.
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