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1958 - SW 2nd Ave. & SW Taylor looking north - Portland Oregon
Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations
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1958 - SW 2nd Ave. & SW Taylor looking north - Portland Oregon
LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
Pigeon River, MN
What's left now of the hotel.
What's left now of the hotel.
Built 1938, former Muskogee OK Fire Station Number 3, 2011 W. Okmulgee Ave, Muscogee, OK. Streamline moderne. Stucco over brick.
I like old fire stations (not all dolled up for BH&G, or Architectural Digest tho, with a million $$ makeover inside).
Already have bathrooms and kitchens, etc. This one looks about 7,000 sq. ft. (90' x 80' roughly, most are 1/2 this size). Couldn't get all my crap in it though (the streamlined fleet in retirement).
Almost always in urban areas where population has shifted to suburbia (so FD isn't needed), or neighborhood has now become upscale/vintage properties with character. Hardly ever with mixed-use, residential zoning or its hard to get.
This one was abandoned for a while, rehabbed in 2021, and looks to be subdivided into leaseable units. Main doors eliminated. parking on the side.
Source: Oklahoma Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings | RoadsideArchitecture.com
circa: 2017?
2022
Its "twin" .. Muskogee Park Department .. down the street. May have once been a fire dept. Same vintage, maybe same architect. Still in use as a city building - must be some story behind the "axe" out front.
I like old fire stations (not all dolled up for BH&G, or Architectural Digest tho, with a million $$ makeover inside).
Already have bathrooms and kitchens, etc. This one looks about 7,000 sq. ft. (90' x 80' roughly, most are 1/2 this size). Couldn't get all my crap in it though (the streamlined fleet in retirement).
Almost always in urban areas where population has shifted to suburbia (so FD isn't needed), or neighborhood has now become upscale/vintage properties with character. Hardly ever with mixed-use, residential zoning or its hard to get.
This one was abandoned for a while, rehabbed in 2021, and looks to be subdivided into leaseable units. Main doors eliminated. parking on the side.
Source: Oklahoma Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings | RoadsideArchitecture.com
circa: 2017?
2022
Its "twin" .. Muskogee Park Department .. down the street. May have once been a fire dept. Same vintage, maybe same architect. Still in use as a city building - must be some story behind the "axe" out front.
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Circa: late 1950's, judging by what's in showroom. Cedar Springs at Maple, Dallas Tx. Streamline modern, so building might be 1940-ish.
Building long gone.
source: Hamilton Chrysler Plymouth
2022 Google _ I think this is the right corner...
Building long gone.
source: Hamilton Chrysler Plymouth
2022 Google _ I think this is the right corner...
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Last time I was in Muskogee was when my father inlaw passed 10 years ago. He was an ummm... Let's say interesting guy.
The guitar is part of some art project. I assume it's like the Buffalos in Buffalo, NY.
Downtown looked pretty bad... My wife said it's really gone downhill since she lived there years ago. She moved back to Syracuse about 40 years ago and said it was a night and day difference.
passed through general area to south of there 20 years ago on a "family tree" search (pre-ancestry when you had to go to local libraries in the place wheere one's folks may have landed a century+ ago, ancient, paternal relatives were on the "Trail of tears" and wound up in "Chocktow Nation"). I-40 from Arkansas (through Forth Smith).
Keep seeing signs to "Muskogee" ... brought to mind Haggard & Nelson(?)
Uh, oh ..ear worm!
Keep seeing signs to "Muskogee" ... brought to mind Haggard & Nelson(?)
Uh, oh ..ear worm!
There is some really interesting history in that area... And a WWII submarine out in the middle of nowhere.passed through general area to south of there 20 years ago on a "family tree" search (pre-ancestry when you had to go to local libraries in the place wheere one's folks may have landed a century+ ago, ancient, paternal relatives were on the "Trail of tears" and wound up in "Chocktow Nation"). I-40 from Arkansas (through Forth Smith).
Keep seeing signs to "Muskogee" ... brought to mind Haggard & Nelson(?)
My wife didn't grow up there, but her younger siblings did. Except for the youngest brother buried there, they all moved back east. We spent some time out there when her dad was still alive and we toured the area with him (his health was bad and he wanted to see the sights one last time).
1930 Lubeseal garage. Can't help but like the drains on the swivels and the grease fed from the ceiling.
The Model A is a Murray bodied Victoria Leatherback. Not you everyday Model A.
The Model A is a Murray bodied Victoria Leatherback. Not you everyday Model A.
1906 St Louis.
Denver, CO 1970. We've posted pics of these already, but this one broke and left that old Buick in rough shape.
Unloading 1940 Fords, no location given. Note the crowd watching!
These are a little off topic, but still some interesting tech for drive in restaurants.
1948 Los Angeles. Motormat Drive In. Trays came out on the rails!
Piped in cold air in this drive in in Houston, Texas. 1957
1948 Los Angeles. Motormat Drive In. Trays came out on the rails!
Piped in cold air in this drive in in Houston, Texas. 1957
Test track on the roof of the Fiat factory in Turin. Some history and more pics. A racetrack on the rooftop of Fiat’s Lingotto factory in Italy, 1923 - Rare Historical Photos
Again, slightly off topic, but an interesting part of automotive history. Basically this charger turned AC current into DC for charging the lead acid batteries. This looks like the home version. Note the "knob and tube" wiring on the wall. That's the way they wired houses then.
This looks like a more professional setup. Again, knob and tube wiring, heavier gauge wiring then the home version. 50 miles on a charge!
This looks like a more professional setup. Again, knob and tube wiring, heavier gauge wiring then the home version. 50 miles on a charge!
1958 Gas station in Germany. Interesting lighting.
First time I've seen either device. Amazing.
The Cadillac looks like a 1953 sedan in good condition, which may explain why it does not have A/C. I was surprised to see a Caddy at a drive-in in a fifties photo but, then again, the car was 4-5 years old when the photo was taken in 1957.
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The caption says 1920's and the capitol is in the background. I've been trying to figure out the car though.... I think it's a '31 Pontiac, so that wouldn't agree with the 1920's date.
The minimal building is interesting though. Just gas, no service, but there's a public phone. Note screens around the glass on the pumps.
The minimal building is interesting though. Just gas, no service, but there's a public phone. Note screens around the glass on the pumps.
I've never seen the tray delivery. I couldn't see that working out too well in bad weather. I don't like cold fries, and cold, wet fries would be even worse. LOL
The air system is in use at some truck stops these days to eliminate overnight idling. This one is on the PA Turnpike.
Gas station on Brovarsky Prospect in Kyiv, Ukraine, 1979.
I am outta my depth on sleds this old. but i looked at a few ... didnt find any Pontiac coupes with side-mounted spare till '30. body contours looked similar from '28 though (spare on rear behind "rumble seat" tho).The caption says 1920's and the capitol is in the background. I've been trying to figure out the car though.... I think it's a '31 Pontiac, so that wouldn't agree with the 1920's date.
The minimal building is interesting though. Just gas, no service, but there's a public phone. Note screens around the glass on the pumps.
that said, IF they said "circa 1930" (vs. saying the 20's), i could give them a pass
