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

Fort Lauderdale FL

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Bank and 19th Streets, Louisville, Kentucky, 1928

Looks like it was replaced with a more modern station that has seen better days.

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Reported to be actually in New Mexico, rather than Oklahoma. Taos direction sign may confirm.

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Library of Congress confirms New Mexico.

Service station run by former resident of Oklahoma in Questa, New Mexico. Oklahoma newspapers as well as other Oklahoma products are for sale here.​


Service station run by former resident of Oklahoma in Questa, New Mexico. Oklahoma newspapers as well as other Oklahoma products are for sale here

About this Item​

Title​

  • Service station run by former resident of Oklahoma in Questa, New Mexico. Oklahoma newspapers as well as other Oklahoma products are for sale here

Names​

  • Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

Created / Published​

  • 1939 Sept.

Headings​

  • - United States--New Mexico--Taos County--Questa
  • - Small towns, roadsides--New Mexico

Headings​

  • Safety film negatives.

Genre​

  • Safety film negatives

Notes​

Medium​

  • 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location​

  • LC-USF34- 034256-D [P&P] LOT 623 (corresponding photographic print)

Source Collection​

  • Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository​

Digital Id​

Library of Congress Control Number​

  • 2017784320

Reproduction Number​

  • LC-USF34-034256-D (b&w film neg.)

Rights Advisory​

Online Format​

  • image

LCCN Permalink​

Additional Metadata Formats​

 
1950: At the corner of South, State, and Elm Streets in Garrettsville, Ohio.

Looks like it was replaced by a new station at some point and that morphed into the usual used car lot.

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6339 Main Street, North Branh, MN: Circa 1940 and today.

A bay added over the years, no longer a gas station but still repair-related (atv's, dirt bikes, etc., ) business after 80+ years

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Somewhere between Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas 1942

Note "Humpback" Dodge panel truck in the lower right.
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