Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations

[amazinblue82]

Asburn GA, circa 1940. Was a Pure Gas station and a Chrysler Plymouth dealer.

Was somewhere on route 41, three sources indicate it has been razed for years.

source: Great Old Pics. BTW, THOUSANDS of vintage gas station pics to browse here if you have time to kill.

 

[amazinblue82]

Louisville, KY, ca. 1920.

Exact location unknown, but darn thing is attached to a residence. Wonder if that arrangement (not the station per se) survived into the modern era. Never seen this particular physical arrangment.

 

[amazinblue82]

Third at Oak, Louisville KY. Asserted to be 1940. They didn't seem to mind snugging these gas stations up close to residences. No evidence today it was ever there.

Except maybe catacorner (NE to SW) on the intersection??? I picked those corners because vintage buildings nearby seem to remain. Just a SWAG. Everything on ALL the corners could have been razed/replaced in 80 years.

 

[MrMoparCHP]

Louisville, KY, ca. 1920.

Exact location unknown, but darn thing is attached to a residence. Wonder if that arrangement (not the station per se) survived into the modern era. Never seen this particular physical arrangment.

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602 W Oak St, Louisville, KY 40203

Alan

 

[amazinblue82]

Crikey!!

anybody see why life expectancy was shorter 70 years ago? I am wheezing just looking at this pic -- and i can't shoot worth a lick.

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wow man!

Alan

you do it the hard way (searched for building directly ) or found address then the building?

any event, one would never guess a gas station was on that corner.

 

[Big_John]

Latrobe, PA

 

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More Latrobe, PA

 

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[Big_John]

Lakeview, MI

 

[Big_John]

Hendersonville, NC

 

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[Big_John]

Grand Rapids, Michigan 1935.

 

[Big_John]

Mount Pleasant, Indiana
1981

 

[amazinblue82]

The Tarzan Club, 1932, co-sponsored by Signal Oil. Somewhere in California.

 

[amazinblue82]

Built 1939, moderr (art deco) architectural style, 8302 North Lombard, Portland, OR.

Whataya think. Still there?

source: St. Johns Signal Gas Station: A Study in Successful Restoration

Ah, only if more could be saved.

The St._Johns_Signal_Tower_Gas_Station, national historic structure, neatly repurposed as a pizza restaurant.

Wiki excerpt below:

"The St. Johns Signal Tower Gas Station, located in the St. Johns neighborhood of north Portland, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It was built and opened in 1939 as a gas station for the Signal Oil Company. It was in operation as a gas station until 1984, but changed brand from Signal Gas to Hellman's Golden Eagle Gas Station in 1954 and, in turn, became a Chevron station in 1965.

In 1984, it was converted into a florist shop, the gasoline tanks being decommissioned at that time and filled with concrete, and it functioned in that capacity until 2002.

The structure was added to the National Register in 2003. In 2006, the building was converted into a restaurant, Signal Station Pizza, and it was still in use by the same business in 2024."

 

[Big_John]

The Tarzan Club, 1932, co-sponsored by Signal Oil. Somewhere in California.

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I love pics like this. Simpler times for kids. Someways it was better and a lot of ways it was worse, but it was simpler.

 

[Big_John]

Bloomfield, NJ 1966.

 

[amazinblue82]

A 1959 Ads. This is how I remeber gas stations as a lad. A uniformed attendant, my parents just letting them do their thing. some of these porcelain-clad Gulf brand-boxes are still around.

 

[amazinblue82]

These "stations" (wood-frame house/stores) lasted well into the 1950's in rural areas. Were the tanks underground?

update the underground gas tank and pump invented in 1898 by John Tokheim, a Norwegian immigrant. Company he founded in Iowa 125 years ago still exists.

source: Tokheim

Anyway, This one in Baldwin (Jacksonville), FL, in 1926