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- 1915-1975
- Best Wishes
- Sergeant Franklin Williams
- New name, same face
- Still There!
- Physical space
- +96
- 40 years later
- What a wonderful photo
- What Happens In Minnesota Stays In Minnesota
- Too close for comfort
- Could take quite a while
- Bittersweet
- Textures
- More on Sgt. Williams
- Piano
- I believe they were married
- Two digits
- Archived drawings
- High gas tax
- I believe I found the Williams family
- Shades of Diane Arbus ...
- Sergeant Franklin Williams
- JHS
- Must have!
- Nice place to park yourself.
- If I'm reading it correctly
- Bowser
- Their great grandchildren will never know
- Forward wheelhouse
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GAS: 1939
May 1939. "Gas station between Tulare and Fresno on U.S. 99." Medium format acetate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Price of Gasoline
It's difficult to see the prices on the other pumps, but the middle one indicates 14 and a fraction cents per gallon. According to the inflation calculator, that's about $2.60 per gallon today, which is the current national average.
Wig-Wam Service
I stopped wondering what that could possibly mean when I examined the gas pumps and saw Mohawk and Tee Pee gasoline. I still don’t really understand, but I get the picture.
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