Monday, July 2, 2012

Fill 'Er Up, Part II

From Pete Zarria:

Here are some more great shots of vintage gas stations. For the first part of Pete's set of filling depots, see June 6, 2012, "Fill 'Er Up."

4 Women

(Along Kansas 66, I wish i would have had the time to go in, it looks pretty cool.)

Texas Company

(This is a display in front of a business in Moline, Illinois. The really interesting thing was the Toledo air fill there. It's pretty old and very rare. One had to set a weight like on a scale (its Toledo Scale, naturally) then pump the air. When they equalized, it shut off.)

Dirty Deco

(The front of an old Art Declo style gas station. Cambridge, Illinois.)

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