History Images of vintage gas stations ~ pre 65

B-17 Service station in Milwaukie, Oregon.....unique and very impressive!

 

The Old Nag Gasoline Station – Revere, Massachusetts, 1956 - Texaco. HRP

 

N80th & Aurora N in Seattle. Still there, mostly.

 

The Union Service Station at 4004 Wilshire Blvd, CA.

 

It's interesting, that the propellers spin at night for the local fill-up passerby's....imagine trying to do that today and that roar of the engine in the neighborhood !!!

 

A vital scene at the local gas station nobody see's anymore!....My grandpa still used the 1 gallon adjustable ''oil spout'' pitchers on his cars and trucks when I grew up in the 60's....he bought in oil 50 gallon drums, and it was always messy, dripping and spilling no matter what ya' did....I got to clean the barrel and floor every day for a whopping .25 cents a week, as a 'chore' in his shop with sawdust and a big broom and rags....good times!...LOL...I still remember that smell of forgotten oil in places I couldn't get at!....cool pic!

 

My grandfathers gas station where my dad and uncle helped out.

 

Does this 1960 T Cohn Superior Service Station count? I had this at the age of 4-years old and just bought this one off EBAY. Aaahhh, the memories. Fill it up with ethyl.

 

The newer photo was taken in the same location as the older one. The station is now gone.

 

Hey, I had one of these in the 60's. Cool

 

This is a old country store/gas stop in rural North Carolina

 

Another from North Carolina,July 1939. Granville County, N.C. "Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer

 

Got to love those old gas stations.......Keep it going guys

 

I wish this picture was clearer - but this Standard station took up 1/2 a city block in my hometown of Barstow, CA. The shoebox ragtop is heading east on Highway 66, (Main St.) the connecting street at the station is the beginning of Highway 91 (1st street) - the only route between Los Angeles and Las Vegas at this time. The entire station, which had about 10 pump islands, was under one roof. During this period, this station pumped more gas than any other station in the country - pretty big braggin' rights for small-town folks.

 

Had one of those when I was a kid. Bought one again about 12 years ago, I was 50. Sold it, don't know why other than stupidity.

 

Dutch Village in the city of Hillsdale, Oregon....1952

 

Portland, Oregon 1928

 

A face of the past, yet very iconic....I sure miss those old gas stations!

 

I wonder how many of these cookie-cutter Gulf stations were built. I worked in one identical to this in the high school years, early '70s.

 

"Nehi" Gas Station a Opelika, Alabama....64' feet tall....the living quarters in the upper half.

 

Shannon County, Missouri 'unique' Sinclair service station!

 

This old Phillip's 66 station would make a cool house, and Hot Rod garage.

 

Airplane service station 1930 Powell TN. Built in the 193os. In the 60s it was a liquor store, then a produce stand ,and a bait shop. I hope it gets restored! .

 

This is too KOOL! I would love to live in a soda bottle! Ron...

 

I think it's cool also, Ron.....but I think I'd get a bit ''bottle-necked'' in that reality after a short while....ya' know, "No square walls"?....every time I'd walk around in the rooms, I'd be thinking I was 'swirling' along the edges of a bottle uncorked. I had a friend who lived in a totally round house, and said it drove him nuts after a while, because nothing was 'uniform'....he might have a point now that I think about it...but still...it's a nifty looking gas station, and I would buy gas there, just because it's so unique

 

I see a old station similar to this just a few blocks from the main square in the small town of Hartwell, Georgia that been closed for a number of years & I think the same thing every time I drive by.

Come to think about it,I have business in Hartwell tomorrow and will try to remember to take a photo on my way back home. HRP

 

The first Hi-Ho bbq/gas station in 1933. This was in Hammond, Louisiana where i went to college at. The gas station is gone but the bbq joint is still there. Only two items on the menu bbq pork sandwich and bbq beef sandwich. Only sell drinks in bottles. Man i survived many a hangover with bbq pork sandwiches and barqs rootbeer

 

I took a picture of an old 36 Ford coupe model, in front of a photo of an old gas station. Just playing around. lol Ron...

 

New gas station,, But the heap is OK! Harris Ranch 2003.