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Grease: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 1:28am.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "York Auto Supply Co., Georgia and New Hampshire Avenues N.W." National Photo glass negative. View full size.
York Auto Supply
Submitted by Kent on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 8:49am.
I posted a brief history of this site a while ago, which you can read here.
Is that the gas pump?
Submitted by Glocke380 on Sun, 07/04/2010 - 12:27am.
That is a cool looking piece if it is, when I first looked I thought it might be a vacuum! Like to put that up in the front drive.
No Heat
Submitted by Mike on Thu, 07/01/2010 - 12:01pm.
From all the frost on the windows, I'd say the building had very little heat or none at all.
[I feel like such an old geezer explaining this. But: That would probably be soap on the windows. The glass is obscured because, sign notwithstanding, the place is still under construction and not open for business yet. - Dave]
Unusual in Washington
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 10:13am.
I like the sign in the background, lower left: "Free Air."
From service station to Metro station
Submitted by Born40YearsTooLate on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 9:58am.
This is today the location of the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Station.
Classical Gas
Submitted by Rogue Architect on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 8:46am.
The place looks decidedly closed, despite the sign. All that remains of the site today are the three row houses visible at the right. They have lost their porches and the brick is now painted. With its angular shape, large areas of plate glass and horizontal lines, this building really foreshadowed a lot of gas stations that were to follow in the '50s.
Pardon our dust
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 4:49am.
Still under construction, despite the sign. I wonder what brand-new yet antique equipment is in the crates. Love the ancient gas pump.
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