Asserted to be Newport, RI. circa 1930.. This one might be here already.
Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations
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Circa 1926, near London, England.
This guy (J._G._Parry-Thomas, held land-speed record [170 mph, in a car called Babs with a 450 hp aircraft V-12 engine, and CHAIN-drive] for a while, died rather gruesomely in this car a year later).
Those folks just didn't know what they were doing (170 mph on what was a bicycle wheel, leather "helmet", no seat belts, no roll cage, etc.,) ) .. after all automobile was "invented" less than 20 years earlier) and it was a rear wheel failure that killed him trying to break his own speed record in 1927).
Dunno if this Shell station (built 1922) was relocated to the Brooklands Museum in Surrey, OR if the modern-day pic is where it was in the 1926 photo.
This guy (J._G._Parry-Thomas, held land-speed record [170 mph, in a car called Babs with a 450 hp aircraft V-12 engine, and CHAIN-drive] for a while, died rather gruesomely in this car a year later).
Those folks just didn't know what they were doing (170 mph on what was a bicycle wheel, leather "helmet", no seat belts, no roll cage, etc.,) ) .. after all automobile was "invented" less than 20 years earlier) and it was a rear wheel failure that killed him trying to break his own speed record in 1927).
Dunno if this Shell station (built 1922) was relocated to the Brooklands Museum in Surrey, OR if the modern-day pic is where it was in the 1926 photo.
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Queens Boulevard in Winfield (now Woodside) New York.
Circa 1952, Former Jack Dankel Chevrolet, 19th at Tilghman, Allentown PA.
TANGENT ALERT: No distinctive architecture here, and its long gone.
I picked this one because chances are you can still see the geographic footprint of something BIG (e.g., a plant, or a dealership, or a farm, etc, ) that once gone, a few acres of contiguous land available to build on.
If you have curiosity/time to kill, check out historic aerials. Pick a place, like a MALL today in your area, and see if you can find what WAS there say 60-70 years ago. Usually, if suburbs, you'll find a farm. If in the city, you'll find a factory/large commercial facility that met the wrecking ball.
Its actually happening to me personally now that I am old, I remember/may have even been there as a lad what WAS "there" from 50 years ago.
Today
TANGENT ALERT: No distinctive architecture here, and its long gone.
I picked this one because chances are you can still see the geographic footprint of something BIG (e.g., a plant, or a dealership, or a farm, etc, ) that once gone, a few acres of contiguous land available to build on.
If you have curiosity/time to kill, check out historic aerials. Pick a place, like a MALL today in your area, and see if you can find what WAS there say 60-70 years ago. Usually, if suburbs, you'll find a farm. If in the city, you'll find a factory/large commercial facility that met the wrecking ball.
Its actually happening to me personally now that I am old, I remember/may have even been there as a lad what WAS "there" from 50 years ago.
Today
1939
3700 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, MI
The location and address appear to be gone.
3700 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, MI
The location and address appear to be gone.
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