Remember old gas stations
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My Grandfather and Father own a Esso service station on Highway 1 for 40 years; (1929-1969 Camden SC) and It was definitely a Service Station by our family.
It was a great look Back!
Thank you
It was a great look Back!
Thank you
Apr 26, 2018 21:40:52 #
jsvend wrote:
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Thanks! Brings back memories. Wouldn't mind having that Rat Rod! Could get myself in a lot of trouble with it!
Apr 26, 2018 21:41:31 #
N4646W wrote:
Oh the memories. If you look closely, there are two photos which will make you cry.
Ron
Ron
You'll never see those prices again!
Apr 26, 2018 21:51:56 #
LFingar wrote:
You'll never see those prices again!
Your absolutely right, but what scares me even more is what we will see. My work truck only gets 6.5 mpg on a good day. Some of my old rods were lucky to get that back in the days, but at 20 to 30 cents per gallon, not so bad.
Ron.
Apr 26, 2018 22:24:01 #
jsvend wrote:
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History like this is why, guided by my "capture my world today before tomorrow comes and everything changes" mantra, I capture many of the scenes I do photograph. Looking over pictures from thirty years ago, I was intrigued by the number of billboards advertising cigarettes that just happened to be on the edges of the scenes I captured.
Apr 27, 2018 00:52:44 #
The ones that fascinated me, but lost their mystique when i had to use them, were the old manual gravity dispensers with the globe tops and the short-handed manual pumps.
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Apr 27, 2018 06:46:53 #
Love this series. As soon as they loaded, I immediately began to smile. Thanks for the memories, jsvend!
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Apr 27, 2018 09:03:53 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
I guess gasoline/ethanol blends aren’t such a new idea after all. Of course Nebraska had to find some use for all that corn! I’m wondering what all those people did and where they did it at The Bomber Texaco (that building under the bomber won’t hold that many folks). These days you’re lucky to see more than one person at most gas stations.
BTW, which car of the 1930’s had those chevrons on the front fenders (photo 18).
Stan
BTW, which car of the 1930’s had those chevrons on the front fenders (photo 18).
Stan
Apr 27, 2018 09:24:32 #
jsvend wrote:
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Enjoyed viewing these very much!
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