History Images of vintage gas stations ~ pre 65

One more from Israel. I want that GMC van in the back but it probably has been made into Uzi SMGs long ago...

 

Some in Wyandotte, Mi:

 

SoCal 1929

 

Love the P-40 Peddle Car. JW

 

This one is in Oak Hill, West Virginia. The building is still there and looks the same as it did back then.

 

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Wow....killed a Pontiac to draw the folks in...

 

Oak Hill is where Hank Williams Sr. was declared DOA and autopsied back in 1953.

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Yes, the station where he was declared dead at was about a mile from this one. They tore it down 14 or so years ago. I have a picture of it somewhere, if I find it I'll share it also.

 

I've got a photo of the vacant site, when the wife and I made a "Lost Highway" trip a few years ago, tracing Hank's 'last ride' from the Redmont Hotel in Birmingham to the morgue in Oak Hill. They apparently tore down the station in 2007.

I picked up a few pieces of tile from the station site when I was there; it's rumored that the guy who owned the station (or one of his employees) absconded with Hank's cowboy hat out of his Cadillac, since they apparently left the car parked there in storage until Hank's mom could bring it back to Montgomery. The hat was never found, and I believe the station owner commitment suicide years later.

Rob

 

I've heard similar stories.

I couldn't find the old photo I have of the station from the 1950s but I found this one online. It didn't really change any. It's what it looked like before they tore it down. It was still in good shape. From my understanding there was some sort of disagreement between the city, the owner and some group that wanted to turn it into a Hank museum so the owner just tore it down. Was sad to see it go.

 

Yeah, I took a piece of the blue roofing tile from the site.

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Here it is while open....

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And it's sad end...

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36 Chevy getting fill up .

 

Probably a low production 2 door sedan

 

any photos of Gibble Gas stations? I worked at one when I was 15, and you just don't see these at all.

 

Dad....we need some snacks....Mom...no fair Billy got a ballon out of the machine in the bathroom and I didn’t ..... give me that thing..ahhh I can hear it all now

 

Aww come on officer, the sign says DRIVE in for service.


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I give this guy high marks, 3 kids (and the nanny) crammed in a black GT Mustang.