| MG | -- 12-30-2012 @ 11:06 AM |
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Some really interesting photos at this web site: - http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html I was especially surprised to see a 'corn-gas'- 10% Alcohol Blend - filling station way back then. And, can someone please explain how the cars were placed on the multi-story parking ramp above the TEXACO station as seen in one of the pic's? Happy New Year! This message was edited by MG on 12-30-12 @ 11:32 AM
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| Stroker | -- 12-30-2012 @ 11:23 AM |
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MG: The photo of the Cucamonga Garage really hit home, as I was raised about 5 miles just behind the gas station, closer to Cucamonga Peak, which dominates the background. When I was growing up in the 40's, the station was still there, but was by that time owned by the Klusman family. The photo is looking straight north from US Highway 99, locally known as Foothill Blvd.
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| MG | -- 12-30-2012 @ 12:10 PM |
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Stroker, That's a beautiful picture with the snow-capped mountains in the background - no smog back then. I'm pleased that you enjoyed it - that it brought back good memories for you. Happy New Year, pal.......
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| TomO | -- 12-30-2012 @ 2:14 PM |
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In between the 2 stacks of cars is an elevator. It travels up and down as well as forward and backward to place the cars or retrieve them. Tom
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| larry/Texas | -- 12-30-2012 @ 8:45 PM |
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The bommer gas station is located in Milwaukie,Oregon just south of Portland on old Hwy 99. In about 1954 my grade school class fieldtrip stopped and were able to go up inside of the plane. That was later stopped but the plane was still there two years ago. Picture sure brings back memories and some of those were relived last summer at our 50th class reunion.
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| ford38v8 | -- 12-30-2012 @ 8:58 PM |
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I can't say about smog in Rancho Cucamonga, but I can tell you that Long Beach back then had the worst smog I've ever experienced, much worse than in Oakland at that time. Today, thankfully, the air doesn't sting the eyes, and you can actually see what's on the horizon. Alan
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| carcrazy | -- 12-30-2012 @ 11:23 PM |
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MG, Thank you for sharing these photos of the filling stations of yesteryear with us. My dad ran a service station in St. Louis, MO from about 1948 to 1956. One of the brands of fuel he handled was Dixcel. The name of his station was Wedge Auto Service. Where were you able to find these photos? I would like to be able to find some of Dad's place. Happy New Year to all.
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| flathead4rd | -- 12-31-2012 @ 7:25 AM |
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What a great collection of photos. I worked in a Sunoco station from 1955 thru 1960 and that sure brings back a lot of good memories. Thanks.
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| joe b | -- 12-31-2012 @ 8:18 AM |
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Stroker The gas station is still there but empty
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| woodiewagon46 | -- 12-31-2012 @ 8:21 AM |
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I have seen most of the pictures on old gas pump web sites and I know that those times were very hard but it was when America was still America and I wish we could go back. The picture of the "corn-gas was dated 1933 so we knew way back then what some think is a new idea! Kids today think we are crazy when we tell that when we stopped for gas,several people converged on your car and checked the oil, air pressure, water level and even cleaned your windshield!
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| Stroker | -- 12-31-2012 @ 8:42 AM |
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Joe B: I shared this photo with my older brother, and he clarified that the owner's name at the time the photo was taken was Ancel Morris, and that he used to deliver Richfield bulk products to us at the ranch in a 38 Chevy tanker. I'm too young to remember that, but I sure remember the station. Richfield was a big name in fuel in SoCal at the time, It later became Atlantic-Richfield, and later on "ARCO". Glad the building has survived, Thanks!
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| 1934 Ford | -- 01-01-2013 @ 9:07 AM |
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Nice pictures and lots of fun to see, thanks. However, we can't always believe what we see, as illustrated by picture 29. (2 or 3 after the car storage garage that's been discussed) It's a picture of a nice 1934 Ford Victoria at an Esso station getting a service interview and a trunk full of fuel! Notice the guy at the back of the car doing the fueling? He's pumping gas into the trunk. The Vicky is the only 34 with an in the body trunk, and the fuel filler neck in on the left side of the car, like all 34 Fords. It got me wondering if the Vicky was different so I wrote a buddy with a Vicky to confirm it, Yep, left side filler neck. (Did you know that the 34 Vicky is the only 34 Ford that the body has to be lifted to remove the gas tank?) That's what made me check out this staged photo.
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| ivfd4 | -- 01-10-2013 @ 9:09 AM |
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REALLY INTERESTING!!!! Especially the corn alcohol station. as I scrolled down, I noticed it was from the Nebr Historical Society. I looked closer and recognized it was Omaha. The light colored building with the peak roofline in the background is the county court house. I worked in that building for 25 years before retiring in 2003.
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| Pickup | -- 01-10-2013 @ 1:12 PM |
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I remember reading an article in an auto body trade magazine of a person that had an elevated B 17 over a gas station in I think LA. The owner stated that people came to see the plane and show their kids where Daddy sat in the plane during the war. In the early years there was always heavy traffic ,because as the owner of the station said,"people wants to be where people is". Keeping that in mind, I started parking wrecked cars in front of my shop and yes business increased, because "people wants to be where people is".
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