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By Dave Dufault on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 08:54 am:Perhaps some of you have seen some of these ....
How about the 14th one? - courtesy the Nebraska Historical Society.
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
What's different from that blend and the "modern" ethanol - if it worked then (and maybe it didn't) why not now?
Talk waterpumps later??
(Better that than politics)
Cheers
By Richard Wolf on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 09:15 am:One can almost date a lot of those pic. by the yrs. of the cars in them.
By Willis Jenkins on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 09:19 am:Gas stations had so much more character back then.
Willis
By James L. Purdy on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 09:30 am:1st picture, Bomber gas station. It is in Milwaukie/Oak Grove, OR. It is still there & operating. When my mother was a young girl, the public was allowed to go inside the B-17. After years of stealing parts and someone fell out, the public is no longer allowed inside. The nose of the aircraft is housed in a building on the same property and there is an ongoing effort to restore the airplane to flying condition.
By Dennis Seth - Ohio on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 10:01 am:In the second photo of the Gilmore Gas Station you can see that they have a car or pick up truck with wire wheels in the front window.
By Ross Benedict - Calgary, Alberta on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 10:21 am:How did they get all those cars stacked up in those 2 racks?
By A. Gustaf Bryngelson on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 10:32 am:Hey Ross,
I believe there is a moveable platform between the two racks that elevate a car to its place.
Best
Gus
By Dick Lodge - St Louis MO on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 10:51 am:The third photo from the bottom (Standard station) was almost certainly taken in St. Louis, I think. Eagle Stamps were a kind trading stamp issued by a subsidiary of the May Department stores (which narrows it down to a handful of cities) and we had an Adams Dairy here as well.
By Steven Thum on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 12:58 pm:My father in the 50's and early 60's owned the biggest Shell gas station in St. Louis. He gave Eagle Stamps. I still remember my Mom taking stacks of filled books to Famous Barr department store to buy clothes for us kids. Dad got a better return on the stamps at Famous than turning them in for cash.
By Mike Spaziano, Bellflower, CA. on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 02:35 pm:Did anyone see the sign on the wall in photo #14 that advertises "Barney Auto Sales-Home of the Tucker"?
I've been told that the station in photo #9 in Cucamonga still stands.
By Ricks - Surf City on Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 02:45 pm:Mike, there was a family in that area that owned a Tucker in about 1990. They were Franklin restorers. Dunno if they bought it new. Can't remember the name..
By Michael Deichmann, Blistrup, Denmark on Saturday, January 05, 2013 - 07:38 am:We have an iconic gasstation, designed by the danish architect Arne Jacobsen: 
It's still there today: http://goo.gl/maps/7dWfj
By Ronnie Wehba on Saturday, January 05, 2013 - 08:47 am:this sinclair is in snyder,tx has been restored need to take my t over and take a few pictures
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