Old gas stations

[BobHufford]

Found a couple of photos of my wife's Grandfather's station on Route 66 in Springfield, MO.

 

[2jakes]

Night service

 

[BobHufford]

Saw this in the background on "Live PD" in Salinas, CA.

 

[2jakes]

Meet the original Michelin Man for 1894.

Bibendum!

"The birth of the Michelin Man. At the Lyon Universal Exhibition in 1894, the Michelin brothers noticed an evocatively-shaped pile of tires on their stand. ... The latin quotation from Horace, “Nunc est Bibendum” (now it is time to drink) declared by the character was also reused by Michelin."

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Various.

Rob

 

[David Conwill]

A couple good ones just popped up on Shorpy this morning. The one I didn't upload because it was too big (I'll try to resize later) is one of my favorites, but this one is pretty cool too!

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Yeah, I saw both of those this morning, too.... great imagery.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Picked up this book over the weekend... it's a treasure trove of historical stations. I highly recommend it.

Rob

 

[2jakes]

Flakes and Pontiacs at Texaco

 

[LizzieMaine]

That was a big promotion done by Procter and Gamble on several of their daytime radio serials -- a "complete this sentence in so many words" contest in which you have to explain why you like Ivory Flakes. They gave a new 1940 Pontiac to each of the 50 best sentences, spread out over five weeks along with 1,000 gallons of Fire Chief gasoline, with the winners to be announced each day on "The Right To Happiness." P&G did a whole string of these contests during the 1937-40 period with different makes of cars, but the 1000 gallons of Fire Chief was always part of the deal. Send your entry with one Ivory Flakes box top or facsimile to Ivory Flakes, Box 238, Cincinnati Ohio. Remember, sincerity and clarity of thought are most important -- enter as many times as you like, and all entries become property of Procter and Gamble Incorporated. This contest void where prohibited by law.

 

[2jakes]

End of the run!

 

[2jakes]

Early Texaco

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Noir.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Various.

Rob

 

[2jakes]

Gas,stamps and a coke

Minn. 1937

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Various.

Rob

 

[Bushman]

I'm absolutely in love with that last picture. Reminds me immensely of a gas station I visited in Colorado a few years ago.

 

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[Zombie_61]

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"6 GALS FOR $1.00"? Is that a gas station or a brothel?

 

[2jakes]

"6 GALS FOR $1.00"? Is that a gas station or a brothel?

I don't know if this is or was a brothel.

Sorry about that!