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Sky Chief: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/23/2022 - 1:17pm.
May 1942. "Gothenburg, Nebraska. Gas station and grain elevator." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Not gone
Submitted by DonT on Thu, 02/24/2022 - 9:20am.
I don't think it is completely gone. If you swing the google pic around, there is a Sinclair station where the old Texaco was.
After Inflation Adjustment
Submitted by wxman1 on Wed, 02/23/2022 - 6:16pm.
20 cents is $3.45 today. So until very recently, gas was relatively cheap today.
Die and pay taxes
Submitted by JennyPennifer on Wed, 02/23/2022 - 5:03pm.
Taxes paid ... twenty-two cents on one tank and twenty cents on the other. Today that wouldn't pay the taxes on the taxes on the taxes.
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