Service Station Collection

Keele Services JLP01_01_165_31
M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view looking north towards Structure 347A at the Keele Service Area of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Grocery store, Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grocery store. Widtsoe, Utah

The town of Caddo, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The town of Caddo, Oklahoma. Migrants leave the small towns as well as the farms of the southwest. This region is a source of many emigrants to the Pacific Coast

Main street of town showing irrigation ditch, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street of town. Shows irrigation ditch. Escalante, Utah

Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Muscella, Georgia. Peach pickers

View of Widtsoe area from general store, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
View of Widtsoe area from general store. The farmlands purchase lie on the floor of the valley. Utah

Roadside stand and filling station near Ennis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Roadside stand and filling station near Ennis, Texas

Plantation store, Mississippi Delta, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plantation store. Mississippi Delta. ['Bellgrade Lumber Co - General Merchandise - Lake Charles Plantation']

A plantation store near Clarksville, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A plantation store near Clarksville, Mississippi. [Shop selling US government motor gasoline: Sterlingwell Plantations - Volunteer Food Stores']

Family...from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car... Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas, on their way to try to find work in the California harvests. Between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona

On the highway, Riverside County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On the highway. Riverside County, California. ['The Cowboy's Independent Service Station - Marion Cox mgr.']

Northwestern Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Northwestern Arkansas. [Written on side of car: Horse Traininig & Braking [sic] by Whipple & Son']

Waiting for the trucks to bring them to the cotton fields, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for the trucks to bring them to the cotton fields. Memphis, Tennessee

Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas

Keele Services JLP01_08_064262
M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view across the Keele Service Area during the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Keele Services JLP01_08_066871
M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view looking south-east across the Keele Service Area towards Structure 348 on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway

Keele Services JLP01_08_066870
M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view looking west across the Keele Service Area on the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Little Sweden Service Station, Highway 22, Cascade Mountains, Oregon, USA

A cross roads store, bar, "juke joint, "and gas... in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, La. 1940
A cross roads store, bar, " juke joint, " and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, Louisiana. [Signs

Wisdom, Montana, 1942. Creator: John Vachon
Wisdom, Montana. [Signs: Mail Stage; Calso Dealer; Bakers Garage; Calso Gasoline ]

Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico

Garage mechanic near Newark, N. J. Badge denotes member of Office of Defense Transportation, 1943
Garage mechanic near Newark, N.J. Badge denotes member of Office of Defense Transportation

County seat of Hale County, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
County seat of Hale County, Alabama. [C.A. Johnson & Son ready-to-wear cash store; McCollum Grocery Co.; Loftis Cafe; drugstore; barber shop; Gulf gas station]

Crossroads store, Sprott, Alabama, 1935 or 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Crossroads store. Sprott, Alabama. [U.S post office, with signs advertising Arcadian nitrate of soda; Coca-Cola; Granger rough cut tobacco; Pan-Am motor oil and orange gasoline]

New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in... Town of Maupin, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon. Population 245. [ Town Club Cafe - " A Good Place to Eat" - Open All Night at the Texaco Sign ]

New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon. Population 245. [ Town Club Cafe - " A Good Place to Eat" - Open All Night at the Texaco Sign ]

Family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
After a lift of five miles by a passing motorist, the family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town. [Signs: Manns Super Service - 40 ft

The Wilhelm mill closed ten years ago and service station... Monroe, Benton County, Oregon, 1939
Oregon, Monroe, Benton County. The Wilhelm mill closed ten years ago and service station " used to be quite a trading center around here until they had good roads."

Crossroads grocery store and filling station, Yakima, Washington, Sumac Park, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Crossroads grocery store and filling station, typical of many such small enterprises in new community. Yakima, Washington, Sumac Park

Along the highway U. S. 99 at Highway City, between Tulare and Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Between Tulare and Fresno, California. Along the highway U.S. 99 at Highway City. [Signs advertising gasoline; Dad & Mas Beacon store; beer

Young North Carolinian in old Ford, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young North Carolinian in old Ford. He does not farm. " Works for wages." At Tucks filling station. Person County, North Carolina

Country filling station... by tobacco farmer... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer. Such small independent stations have become meeting places and loafing spots for neighborhood farmers in their off times

Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer, Granville County, North Carolina
Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer. Such small independent stations have become meeting places (community center)

Main street of Nyssa, Oregon, on Saturday afternoon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street of Nyssa, Oregon, on Saturday afternoon. [Signs: Texaco; Don t Hibernate - Insulate!; Blacksmithing; Coffee Shop & Tavern; Gas; Garage, Welding & Repairing, Body & Fender Repairing

Small independent gas stations litter the highway, near Kingsburg, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Kingsburg. Small independent gas stations litter the highway. California. [Signs: Higher Octane; Fire-Chief Gasoline; Ice Cream, Lunches

Farmers supply co-op, Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers supply co-op. Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon

Farmers supply co-op established in 1936, Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers supply co-op established in 1936. 800 farmers in this county belong. Sells also radios, washing machines, and refrigerators. Paid thirteen percent dividends from January 1 to July 1, 1939

Country store, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Daughter of white tobacco sharecropper at country store. Person County, North Carolina]

Daughter of white tobacco sharecropper at country store, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of white tobacco sharecropper at country store. Person County, North Carolina

Rural filling station becomes community... 4 July, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rural filling station becomes community center and general grounds for loafing. The men in baseball suits are on a local team which will play a game nearby. The team is called the Cedargrove Team

Rural filling stations become community centers, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Fourth of July, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rural filling stations become community centers and general loafing grounds

Rural filling station becomes community center... for loafing, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Rural filling station becomes community center and general grounds for loafing. The men in baseball suits are on a local team which will play a game nearby. The team is called the Cedargrove Team

[Untitled, possibly related to: Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas], 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas, on their way to try to find work in the California harvests. Between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona

Esso petrol station forecourt with tanker delivering fuel, 2020. Creator: Tim Woodcock
Esso petrol station forecourt with tanker delivering fuel, 2020

Photographic print of Westley Williams, ca. 1920. Creator: Unknown
A black-and-white photograph of Westley Williams standing in front of a dark-colored automobile. He is wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up

Lindholm Oil Company Service Station, Cloquet, Minnesota (b / w photo)
6313710 Lindholm Oil Company Service Station, Cloquet, Minnesota (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright)

Full-Service Gas Station, 1947 (screen print)
3036134 Full-Service Gas Station, 1947 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Vintage illustration of an attendant filling the tank of a covertible at a full service gas)

Lindholm Oil Company Service Station, Cloquet, Minnesota (b / w photo)
6313709 Lindholm Oil Company Service Station, Cloquet, Minnesota (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright)

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"Exploring the Nostalgic Charm of Service Stations: A Journey Through Time" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the rich history of service stations with these captivating images. From Keele Services JLP01_01_165_31 to Little Sweden Service Station, each snapshot offers a glimpse into a bygone era. Keele Services JLP01_08_064262 and Keele Services JLP01_08_066871 take us on a visual tour of an iconic service station, showcasing its vibrant signage and bustling atmosphere. Meanwhile, Little Sweden Service Station nestled amidst Oregon's Cascade Mountains invites travelers to experience its rustic charm along Highway 22. Traveling further south, we encounter Marion Post Wolcott's photograph capturing the essence of a crossroads store, bar, "juke joint, " and gas station in Melrose, Louisiana. This image transports us to the cotton plantation area where locals gathered for provisions and entertainment in 1940. John Vachon's Wisdom, Montana (1942) presents a humble filling station that served as a lifeline for residents during challenging times. Similarly, Russell Lee's Pie Town garage mechanic photo from New Mexico showcases how these establishments were vital hubs within their communities. Marjory Collins' poignant portrait introduces us to a dedicated garage mechanic near Newark wearing an Office of Defense Transportation badge during World War II—a symbol of his contribution to national defense efforts. Walker Evans' lens captures two distinct Alabama locations—the county seat of Hale County (1936) and Sprott's crossroads store (1935 or 1936). These photographs offer glimpses into everyday life at service stations that played crucial roles within their respective communities. Lastly, Gordon Parks' powerful image possibly depicts a Negro mechanic working for Amoco oil company in Washington D. C. , highlighting the diverse workforce behind these essential establishments during wartime America (1942). These snapshots remind us that service stations were more than just places to refuel.