Mellen WI
Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations
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2957 Central Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana
Appears to be a vacant lot now.
Appears to be a vacant lot now.
Ford Highland Park plant, Woodward Avenue Near Six Mile, Detroit. Where the modern day "assembly line" method was born. Mostly gone, but a few buidlings remain. Two shots .. roughly the same place on Woodward. 1914 and 2024
Inside the Plant
1918. Under the new assembly line system, it took 1 hour and 33 minutes to produce a car, allowing Ford to produce 1,000 cars a day. In this picture, men work on dashboards
1916. This photo shows workers changing shifts at the Highland Park plant, where Ford's 15 millionth Model T rolled off the assembly line
Inside the Plant
1918. Under the new assembly line system, it took 1 hour and 33 minutes to produce a car, allowing Ford to produce 1,000 cars a day. In this picture, men work on dashboards
1916. This photo shows workers changing shifts at the Highland Park plant, where Ford's 15 millionth Model T rolled off the assembly line
Ron's former Phillips 66, 278 N Main St, Centerville, UT
Mid-century modern. Man, if these pointy canopy stations were bigger (only two-bays. so like 1,500 sq.ft at most including office) under roof, I'd really try hard to grab one( i'd have to hang 25K sq. ft., clear span, 24ft ceiling height, off the back of it or something).
circa 1960
description below from Utah Preservation Society:
"Ron’s Phillips 66 Service Station, built in 1960, is locally significant as an early and architecturally significant example of the Phillips Petroleum Company’s “New Look” service station design in the 1960s. Construction on the building was completed just a few months after a wind storm destroyed the Randalls’ first Phillips 66 station at the same location.
Ron's continues in use as a service-repair station, although the fuel pumps have been non-functioning since 1998.
The Phillips Petroleum Company provided the design for the new service station, the prototype for Phillips 66’s “New Look” based on designs produced by the company’s architect, Clarence Reinhardt. All of Reinhardt’s variations included an upwardly canted triangular canopy, a design influenced by the fins found on automobiles and rockets of the time period.
Ron’s Service Station, built in the spring of 1960, appears to have been one of the earliest examples. Although the Phillips 66 Company built over 3,000 similar service stations in the 1960s, Ron’s Service Station in Centerville has exceptional historic integrity."
2025
Mid-century modern. Man, if these pointy canopy stations were bigger (only two-bays. so like 1,500 sq.ft at most including office) under roof, I'd really try hard to grab one( i'd have to hang 25K sq. ft., clear span, 24ft ceiling height, off the back of it or something).
circa 1960
"Ron’s Phillips 66 Service Station, built in 1960, is locally significant as an early and architecturally significant example of the Phillips Petroleum Company’s “New Look” service station design in the 1960s. Construction on the building was completed just a few months after a wind storm destroyed the Randalls’ first Phillips 66 station at the same location.
Ron's continues in use as a service-repair station, although the fuel pumps have been non-functioning since 1998.
The Phillips Petroleum Company provided the design for the new service station, the prototype for Phillips 66’s “New Look” based on designs produced by the company’s architect, Clarence Reinhardt. All of Reinhardt’s variations included an upwardly canted triangular canopy, a design influenced by the fins found on automobiles and rockets of the time period.
Ron’s Service Station, built in the spring of 1960, appears to have been one of the earliest examples. Although the Phillips 66 Company built over 3,000 similar service stations in the 1960s, Ron’s Service Station in Centerville has exceptional historic integrity."
2025
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1957, Post WWII German modern, applied to a Gulf Station in Ambri, Switzerland. Looks like its combined with a residence (of the proprietor?). The lines suggest it was purpose-built this way.
I "drove" Pegman around Ambri, looking for this beauty today. No luck.
This thing has it (or a similar one nearby) in there, plus likely the address in Ambri, but its all in Italian.
https://www.tiquinto.ch/wp-content/...ANO-architettura-nelle-Alpi-negli-anni-50.pdf
I "drove" Pegman around Ambri, looking for this beauty today. No luck.
This thing has it (or a similar one nearby) in there, plus likely the address in Ambri, but its all in Italian.
https://www.tiquinto.ch/wp-content/...ANO-architettura-nelle-Alpi-negli-anni-50.pdf
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Madison WI, 1934
Note late 20's Pierce-Arrow converted to tow truck.
Note late 20's Pierce-Arrow converted to tow truck.
Keating Garage. 14 Fairchild Street.
Too much to hope any sign of it left. Win a few, lose a few,
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MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Via S. Gottardo 30, 6775 Quinto, Switzerland
Alan
Alan
yes, that sure looks like one of 'em.
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
The building in both black and white pictures is the same location.
The drain and manhole match.
The mountain in the background match
That Italian PDF gives the address as
Via San Gottardo 30, Ambrì-Sotto
although it puts you somewhere else
Alan
The drain and manhole match.
The mountain in the background match
That Italian PDF gives the address as
Via San Gottardo 30, Ambrì-Sotto
although it puts you somewhere else
Alan
Craig, Colorado
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Palm Springs, CA
Built 1965 - Operated into mid 90's
Now the Palm Springs Visitor Center
2901 N Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Alan
Built 1965 - Operated into mid 90's
Now the Palm Springs Visitor Center
2901 N Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Alan
Toledo, Ohio
Mundys Corner, Pennsylvania
I really love the old pics of the "Mom and Pop" gas stations. There's almost nothing like that anymore.
602 South Jefferson Street,
Huntington, Indiana
Huntington, Indiana
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