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

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Sparta, NC

Note the signs for "registered rest rooms". I remember seeing these when I was a kid. I always wondered who they are registered with...

 

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Enid Oklahoma.

 

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Charlotte , North Carolina

Gotta love that sign!

Now a pizza shop. Looks like a lot of changes were made to the building.

 

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London 1910

 

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New Marshfield, Ohio

 

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Washington, D. C.

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Apparently this was Ott's Esso Arboretum, but DC buffs could not locate the exact address here: Ott's Esso Arboretum: 1937

 

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Washington DC 1915

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Quoting Glen Holman: "The store window says it's a Detroiter and Argo Motorcar dealer. There was an Argo Electric manufactured in Saginaw, Michigan from 1914-18, and a Briggs-Detroiter 1912-17. The dates are according to Wikipedia, that is, and might not be accurate."

Quoting Edwin Munter: "Smith Motor Sales" in "Washington, DC" -- "there are a number of pictures of Walter Smith and his Argos in the National Photo Co collection Library of Congress."

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Quoting Glen Holman: "The store window says it's a Detroiter and Argo Motorcar dealer. There was an Argo Electric manufactured in Saginaw, Michigan from 1914-18, and a Briggs-Detroiter 1912-17. The dates are according to Wikipedia, that is, and might not be accurate."

Quoting Edwin Munter: "Smith Motor Sales" in "Washington, DC" -- "there are a number of pictures of Walter Smith and his Argos in the National Photo Co collection Library of Congress."

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Cycle cars are another part of automotive history that interests me. In fact, I was just reading about them in the AACA magazine. Kind of a mix of car and bicycle with a touch of motorcycle mixed in. Fascinating stuff and not a lot of them survived.

 

[Big_John]

Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Iver Johnson motorcycle with whicker sidecar!

 

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Oklahoma City, 1978
Made from an old storage tank

Was still there, behind a more modern station until about 2023

 

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Reading, PA 1938 and recent

 

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1912

 

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Leona, CA

 

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New Philadelphia, Ohio

 

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Uddevalla, Sweden

 

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Surfers Paradise, Australia

I found an address for this one and as usual, it's gone. When I search these, I'll find that it's now something like a parking lot or a block convenience store. I got a pleasant surprise this time. Not a gas station, but some cool architecture.

 

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Valley Stream, NY

 

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Bend Oregon