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Petro Pueblo: 1940
July 1940. "Filling station is only building of modern design in the Spanish-American village of ... plus 6 cents tax for a total of 18 cents a gallon on the gas pump? Ouch. (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Russell Lee) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/02/2018 - 6:05pm -

July 1940. "Filling station is only building of modern design in the Spanish-American village of Penasco, New Mexico." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. No. 10 Steel DrumThat's an early steel drum over there by the left corner of the building. Probably for oil or maybe kerosene, and known by its ICC Specification, No. 10. Its shape was designed so that it could be handled with the same equipment as had been used for handling the wooden barrels it replaced, and furthermore its bilge shape added strength and resisted dents. So how did they manufacture a container of this shape? They welded a steel cylinder (even earlier, riveted side seams were used), rolled in the head at each end, then filled the drum with high pressure water until it swelled to the desired shape! 50% taxDo I read 12 cents a gallon plus 6 cents tax for a total of 18 cents a gallon on the gas pump? Ouch. (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Russell Lee)
Dean's Garage: 1941
April 1941. "Gas station in Franklin, nine o'clock in the evening. Heard County, Georgia." ... acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Gas 19¢ but Hot Dogs 5¢! Nighttime tag? Dave, could you please add ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/07/2018 - 10:13pm -

April 1941. "Gas station in Franklin, nine o'clock in the evening. Heard County, Georgia." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Gas 19¢but Hot Dogs 5¢! Nighttime tag?Dave, could you please add a nighttime tag for outdoor pictures taken at night? I love pictures like this, and I'd like to be able to search for them. This is a fantastic shot, taken by one of my favorite photographers. Maybe at the time they were considered mundane, but they're definitely art now. [Such a tag already exists! - Dave] Yay! Thanks Dave! (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Jack Delano, Small Towns)
Your Move: 1939
... Greene County, Georgia. Playing checkers outside a service station on a Saturday afternoon." 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott ... Perfect Norman Rockwell moment! (The Gallery, Gas Stations, M.P. Wolcott, Stores & Markets) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/08/2018 - 12:57pm -

June 1939. "Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. Playing checkers outside a service station on a Saturday afternoon." 35mm nitrate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Perfect Norman Rockwell moment! (The Gallery, Gas Stations, M.P. Wolcott, Stores & Markets)
Uncle Bowden McCaskey: 1932
Bowden [Mac] McCaskey, my uncle at the station where he worked in Fairfax, Oklahoma. The year was 1932 and with the ... View full size (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Gas Stations) ... 
 
Posted by Jim Carpenter - 09/19/2011 - 1:44pm -

Bowden [Mac] McCaskey, my uncle at the station where he worked in Fairfax, Oklahoma. The year was 1932 and with the depression and the dust storms, he was lucky to have a job. This was 4 years before my birth but I have been told the grim facts about the hard times in Oklahoma. View full size (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Gas Stations)
Airstream Community
... the length of Piste's only road twice with no sign of a gas station. My dad asked, and he was directed to the village hardware store, where ... 
 
Posted by kevinarrow - 10/06/2011 - 9:41pm -

I found in a Miami thrift store approximately 12 metal boxes containing a well organized collection of personal slides documenting a Dr. Eugene Birchwood's lifelong involvement with the Airstream trailer community. Only a single slide had his name written on it and from this I was able to research a small part of his life. He was a doctor based in Chicago. He was employed briefly by Airstream Trailer and document several international tours or roundups in the mid 1950s. Many slides were taken in Mexico and Europe. View full size. Lucky findWhat is the model & make of the wagon -- it looks like an English Ford Zephyr. [American Studebaker Lark. - Dave] El CastilloThis is El Castillo, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, of course. I recall my first visit to Chichen. My dad drove the family there on an excursion from the city of Merida. Before heading out, he'd been assured he could find a refill of gasoline in Piste, the town nearest the ruins. We drove the length of Piste's only road twice with no sign of a gas station. My dad asked, and he was directed to the village hardware store, where a man sold gasoline out of milk cans, poured into the cars with a hose and funnel. This was in 1972. By the end of the decade, the resort of Cancun had opened up, and tourism in Yucatan changed dramatically. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Co-op Regular: 1938
September 1938. "Cooperative gas station at Greenbelt, Maryland." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm ... sedan (trunk bump). (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Gas Stations, M.P. Wolcott) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/08/2018 - 3:12pm -

September 1938. "Cooperative gas station at Greenbelt, Maryland." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Shorpy Vehicle Identification Imperative1936 Pontiac Six touring sedan (trunk bump). (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Gas Stations, M.P. Wolcott)
Patty and the King: 1962
... one of my favorite people in the world. Photo taken at a gas station in Needles California when she was 12 years old. Oh, and that guy ... 
 
Posted by BamBam - 08/31/2011 - 11:27am -

Patty Regan Kingsbaker, my commercial agent when I'm in Denver and one of my favorite people in the world. Photo taken at a gas station in Needles California when she was 12 years old. Oh, and that guy standing beside her? Yeah, that's Elvis. View full size. 1964 CaddieThe rear fender and taillight treatment makes the Caddie look like a 1964 model. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Pause, Drink: 1939
... He does not farm. 'Works for wages.' At Tuck's filling station. Person County, N.C." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the ... View full size. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Gas Stations, Small Towns) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/08/2018 - 11:50am -

July 1939. "Young North Carolinian in old Ford. He does not farm. 'Works for wages.' At Tuck's filling station. Person County, N.C." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Gas Stations, Small Towns)
San Francisco Ferry: 1955
... various engineering projects. View full size. Gas Works Nice shot. The large gas tank near Fort Mason, which no longer ... account of the 1906 earthquake discusses the North Beach Station: http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/gas.html (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by motobean - 02/21/2014 - 8:21pm -

My father took this picture on a trip to Northern California in 1955. He worked as an engineer for Riverside County and was visiting various engineering projects. View full size. Gas WorksNice shot. The large gas tank near Fort Mason, which no longer exists, caught my eye. I did some research and found that it was located at Bay and Laguna Streets. This interesting account of the 1906 earthquake discusses the North Beach Station: http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/gas.html (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Ed's Roadster No. 1
... on a loose page from a photo album. The Gilmore Gas Station in the background was located at Wilshire Blvd and La Brea in Los ... 
 
Posted by Vintagetvs - 09/14/2012 - 10:26pm -

3x5 Photograph found at a thrift Store, mounted on a loose page from a photo album. The Gilmore Gas Station in the background was located at Wilshire Blvd and La Brea in Los Angeles. I think the Car is a Packard. Ed's RoadsterI can't find any pictures of Packards or anything else with an exposed gas tank as late as the 1920s, except for a few racing cars. Indeed, that whole trunk/tank arrangement is rather odd looking. I've got a feeling that this is custom coachwork, either in its entirety or at least from the passenger compartment back. Given the location - a couple of miles south of Hollywood and east of Beverly Hills - I'd guess that custom cars were relatively common in that area in the 1920s. Something about the car (the apparent lack of any provision for a top) has to me a very specific Southern California feel to it. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
New Skates: Christmas c. 1961
... Nothing has changed in the background over the years. The gas station is now a car repair shop. To the left of us, just out of view is the ... 
 
Posted by Mudhooks - 12/19/2011 - 10:14am -

This is on the Kemptville Creek, behind our house on Clothier Street. I am wearing my first pair of real skates and am standing with Mr. Moffatt, our landlord. In the background is the back of the Clothier Hotel. Nothing has changed in the background over the years. The gas station is now a car repair shop. To the left of us, just out of view is the old brewery which had been vacant for over 70 years when this photo was taken. Rumour has it that a microbrewery is moving in. View full size. so lovelyI love old family photos, even though, I have so few! Thanks for sharing your pictures. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Sinclair Serviceman: 1939
August 1939. "Service station operator in Seminole, Oklahoma." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee ... Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Russell Lee) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/09/2018 - 10:25am -

August 1939. "Service station operator in Seminole, Oklahoma." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Russell Lee)
Aubrey Grocery
This is a grocery and gas station owned by my wife's grandfather, Blake Aubrey, which I believe was on ... 
 
Posted by ndlxs - 02/10/2012 - 11:42pm -

This is a grocery and gas station owned by my wife's grandfather, Blake Aubrey, which I believe was on California Street in Reno, Nevada. This photo would have been taken sometime between the mid-1930s and his death in 1946. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Off to College: 1967
... Filling up our 1959(?) VW 23 window sunroof bus in the gas station across the street from our parents' place in Agawam, Massachusetts in ... 
 
Posted by Born Too Late - 06/03/2016 - 7:43pm -

Filling up our 1959(?) VW 23 window sunroof bus in the gas station across the street from our parents' place in Agawam, Massachusetts in September 1967. My brother is standing next to the pump. A few minutes later we head off across the country. Today that particular bus, in that condition, would cost over $100K. Yikes. Scanned from a square format Ektachrome slide. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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