Exploring the History of America’s Gas Stations
The Super Service Station – March 1937
The Merchandising Magazine For One Stop Stations This magazine, published in March of 1937, was published by The Irving-Cloud Publishing Co., Chicago, IL. Despite being published monthly, this is the only issue I have found so far. If I come across any others, I will certainly upload them. You can read the whole article via…
Union Metal Ornamental Filling Stations and Lamp Standards
Beautiful Stations are Busy Stations This catalog , advertised in National Petroleum News, features many designs created by Union Metal. They were endeavoring to meet the demand for more artistic stations with cost effective, simple assembly with prefabricated hollow metal panels. In the below article, I will be pulling out select images and passages from…
Fry’s Spring Service Station
Original and Subsequent Owners From the Written Historical and Descriptive Data recorded in 1981 by the Historic American Buildings Survey: The Fry’s Spring Filling Station was constructed in 1931 by Ernest R. Duff. Duff purchased the lot in 1925 from Gertrude C. Rubin. Rubin bought a parcel of land, including this site, in 1921 from…
