Vintage APPEARING service stations

[nvrbdn]

while cruising rt 66 we crossed over the interstate where country classics is located. thought we would take a pic.

[nvrbdn]

more

[nvrbdn]

more looking through the windows

[404NOTFOUND]

Here's one with my car in Detroit.

[XS29LA47V21]

On 66 some yrs ago   

[PA Dodger]

Here's a classic that is still in operation. It's an art deco Gulf station in Bedford PA. 

http://www.retroroadmap.com/2009/09/21/art-deco-gas-station-bedford-pa/

[DonC1]

Vintage stations are always great backgrounds for photoshoots

[Magnumcharger]

I hate to say it...but I'm practically obsessed with old service stations.
My favorite designs are the wonderful old-style Texaco gas stations, the ones that were painted white with forest-green streamline stripes and a free-standing post bearing the red Texaco star logo on a white disk, and were designed by Walter Dorwin Teague (also known for designing the Kodak Brownie camera and a host of other streamlined artifacts). In his book "Design This Day" (1940) Teague shows his original work for Texaco, the exhibition hall he designed for them at the Texas Centennial fair in 1935, plus photos of the small gas stations which were built cookie-cutter-like all over America.

Today your only chance of seeing an original Texaco station facade is to find one that was sold off to a private owner before the stations were remodelled. Typically these buildings are now the home of car body shops, small used car dealerships, or junk stores. The Texaco colour scheme will have been repainted, but the stations are identifiable by the three streamlines along the roof canopy and by the presence of the free-standing circular sign.

I take pictures of these buildings wherever I travel. There used to be a lot of them around my hometown, but in the space of the last twenty years, they're all but gone.

My "semi" goal is to build one in my back yard...

[Magnumcharger]

Another pic...before and after...

[Ghoste]

There used to be a Gulf station in my hometown that was basically a dome.  I wish I could find pics of it.  It was torn down years ago to make way for a Wendy's.

[69 OUR/TEA]

Very cool!!!!!!

[nvrbdn]

i know where one of those is. i will have to get some shots this coming weekend if i get out. those pic's reminded me of it.

[PA Dodger]

Here's a pic of the gas station I mentioned above. It's still in operation.

[71gtx]

  in ont canada

[Ghoste]

Where in Ontario is that one at?

[nvrbdn]

thats a really good photo op station.

[71gtx]

on hwy 2 going to toronto   2009 its still there

[Ghoste]

Oh no, not another trick geography question.  I thought hwy 2 went from Windsor to Hamilton (even though Hamilton is part of Toronto).

[404NOTFOUND]

Oh no, not another trick geography question.  I thought hwy 2 went from Windsor to Hamilton (even though Hamilton is part of Toronto).

That's what I was thinking too. Can we have a map please?

[Magnumcharger]

There is an exact, and I mean an exact twin to this BP station located just outside of the town of Bethany in Saskatchewan. The old trans-Canada highway used to pass right by it in it's heyday. Since there are remnants of the BP signage still visible on the exterior, this station must have been put obsolete before 1968 when Gulf bought out BP in Canada. In fact, the town itself was bypassed by the new divided highway several years ago, so the station can be seen from the highway, sitting like an oasis in the middle of a farmers field!

[Lennard]

Here's a pic of the gas station I mentioned above. It's still in operation.

Beautiful

[71gtx]

No you have it wrong. It was BA that Gulf bought out. BA was red and green signs, then they went to blue and orange. BP is a company on it's own and it's yellow and green. BA is British America and BP is British Petroleum. When Gulf bought out BA in 68 they gave you horse shoes to stick on your car for no knock gasoline. 

[Magnumcharger]

You're right. I meant to type BA instead of BP.

[71gtx]

toronto  to Kingston on hwy2

[Ghoste]

There you go then, I never knew hwy 2 reappeared on the other side of Toronto.  I just don't travel in that direction.