Contributions of the group Gas/Petro Stations

Merit Gas Station and Dixie Cup Factory, Easton, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 03:58:04 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo with a vintage product placement (photos with commercial products or advertisements for commercial products conspicuously part of the scene). For more examples, see my Vintage Product Placement album.

This is a snapshot of a gas station with a billboard advertising Merit gasoline, signs offering seven gallons of gas for a dollar, and a tank with "Berkshire Oil Co." painted on the side (see a cropped version for a close-up view).

In the background of the photo, however, is the most interesting detail—a giant Dixie paper cup (actually a water tank) on top of the factory in Easton, Pennsylvania, where the cups were manufactured until it closed in the early 1980s.

Out of gas

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:21:50 +0000

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Gas station ruin in winter

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 05:00:08 +0000

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Olene Store, abandoned

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 09:01:38 +0000

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Beacon gas station

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 01:08:52 +0000

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Industrial modern, probably built in the 1940s. It was restored and is being used as an auto repair shop.

Small town

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 03:52:43 +0000

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A. J. Morel Grocery Store

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 01:43:50 +0000

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Signs: At top: "[Meats]. Cash Store, A. J. Morel. Groceries." In windows: "The Morel Stores." Gas pump: "Socony Motor Gasoline."

Simon's Texaco Station, Eau Claire, Wisc., Sept. 12, 1952

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:14:01 +0000

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Handwritten note on the back of this photo: "This is the place. Taken Sept. 12, '52. Come and see us."

Handwritten by someone else: "[Eau] Claire, Wis. Simon's Gas Station."

Signage on front of gas station building: "Texaco. Lear & Simon. Marfak Lubrication. Washing."

Other signs, banners, and billboards around the gas station:

Registered Rest Room. A Texaco Dealer Service.
Grand Opening.
Come in! Meet your new neighbor.
B. F. Goodrich Tire. Defies skids!
Grand opening today! Free gifts!
Copenhagen. Outdoors, indoors, the best way to take tobacco.
If you like beer you'll love Schlitz.

Yonker's Tower, Polish Mountain, U.S. Route 40, Maryland

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:33:38 +0000

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Caption on this real photo postcard: "A wonderful view, 15 m. E. of Cumberland. Yonker's Tower, top of Polish Mt., U.S. 40. Elv. 1340 ft."

Sign at the top of the tower (to the right of the flag): "Yonkers." Sign on the tower below the Yonkers sign: "Mountains of Imperial, The Cream of All Ice Creams. Greatest View in Md."

Yonker's Store and Observation Tower was a place where motorists could gas up, get a bite to eat, and enjoy the view at a high point along U.S. Route 40 in Maryland. Mouse over the image above to see a close-up of the building and tower.

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nobody@ipernity.com (David Chaulet) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:06:50 +0000

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