https://www.ipernity.com/tag/aemays/keyword/1809471 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/45/66/288325.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/aemays/keyword/1809471 Mon, 25 May 2026 23:02:17 +0000 Mon, 25 May 2026 23:02:17 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/25228893 tag:ipernity.com,2013-08-12,doc-25228893 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:14:01 +0000 2013-08-12T14:14:01-04:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/aemays">Alan Mays</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/25228893"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/135/88/93/25228893.779d684f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="166" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Handwritten note on the back of this photo: "This is the place. Taken Sept. 12, '52. Come and see us."<br /> <br /> Handwritten by someone else: "[Eau] Claire, Wis. Simon's Gas Station."<br /> <br /> Signage on front of gas station building: "Texaco. Lear & Simon. Marfak Lubrication. Washing."<br /> <br /> Other signs, banners, and billboards around the gas station:<br /> <br /> Registered Rest Room. A Texaco Dealer Service.<br /> Grand Opening.<br /> Come in! Meet your new neighbor.<br /> B. F. Goodrich Tire. Defies skids!<br /> Grand opening today! Free gifts!<br /> Copenhagen. Outdoors, indoors, the best way to take tobacco.<br /> If you like beer you'll love Schlitz.</div> Simon&#039;s Texaco Station, Eau Claire, Wisc., Sept. 12, 1952 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/aemays">Alan Mays</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/25228893"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/135/88/93/25228893.779d684f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="166" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Handwritten note on the back of this photo: "This is the place. Taken Sept. 12, '52. Come and see us."<br /> <br /> Handwritten by someone else: "[Eau] Claire, Wis. Simon's Gas Station."<br /> <br /> Signage on front of gas station building: "Texaco. Lear & Simon. Marfak Lubrication. Washing."<br /> <br /> Other signs, banners, and billboards around the gas station:<br /> <br /> Registered Rest Room. A Texaco Dealer Service.<br /> Grand Opening.<br /> Come in! Meet your new neighbor.<br /> B. F. Goodrich Tire. Defies skids!<br /> Grand opening today! Free gifts!<br /> Copenhagen. Outdoors, indoors, the best way to take tobacco.<br /> If you like beer you'll love Schlitz.</div> Alan Mays