American Service Stations: 1935 Through 1943 Photo Archive
About American Service Stations
Used book, only one copy available.
Editor: M. Kim.
Publisher: Iconografix, 1995.
Language: English.
Paperback.
144 pages.
ISBN: 1882256271, 9781882256273
Enjoy this collection of American service stations from 1935 to 1943. All photos in this archival book are black & white, depicting the gas stations of yesteryear. Source: Publisher. All photos in this archival book are black & white, depicting the gas stations of yesteryear. Photographs from the Library of Congress and Philips Petroleum Company Corporate Archives.
Want more gas station history? According to the National Association of Convenience Stores, Automobile Gasoline Co., a subsidiary of Shell of California, opened the first filling station in St. Louis, Missouri in 1905. Missouri, opens what some people consider to be the first U.S. filling station. Others suggest that the first gas station was opened by Socal in Seattle, Washington, in 1907.
In 1927, the Southland Ice Company introduces the concept of the convenience store in Dallas, Texas. “Uncle Johnny” Jefferson Green, who ran the Southland Ice Dock in the Oak Cliff part of town, realized that customers sometimes needed to buy things such as bread, milk and eggs after the local grocery stores were closed. Unlike the local grocery stores, his store was already open 16 hours a day (7:00 am to 11:00 pm), seven days a week, so he decided to stock a few of those staples in addition to items he was already offering. As the company grows, it changes its store name to reflect its operating hours: 7-Eleven. CREDIT: NACS, History of Fuel Retailing.
About American Service Stations
Used book, only one copy available.
Editor: M. Kim.
Publisher: Iconografix, 1995.
Language: English.
Paperback.
144 pages.
ISBN: 1882256271, 9781882256273
Enjoy this collection of American service stations from 1935 to 1943. All photos in this archival book are black & white, depicting the gas stations of yesteryear. Source: Publisher. All photos in this archival book are black & white, depicting the gas stations of yesteryear. Photographs from the Library of Congress and Philips Petroleum Company Corporate Archives.
Want more gas station history? According to the National Association of Convenience Stores, Automobile Gasoline Co., a subsidiary of Shell of California, opened the first filling station in St. Louis, Missouri in 1905. Missouri, opens what some people consider to be the first U.S. filling station. Others suggest that the first gas station was opened by Socal in Seattle, Washington, in 1907.
In 1927, the Southland Ice Company introduces the concept of the convenience store in Dallas, Texas. “Uncle Johnny” Jefferson Green, who ran the Southland Ice Dock in the Oak Cliff part of town, realized that customers sometimes needed to buy things such as bread, milk and eggs after the local grocery stores were closed. Unlike the local grocery stores, his store was already open 16 hours a day (7:00 am to 11:00 pm), seven days a week, so he decided to stock a few of those staples in addition to items he was already offering. As the company grows, it changes its store name to reflect its operating hours: 7-Eleven. CREDIT: NACS, History of Fuel Retailing.
About American Service Stations
Used book, only one copy available.
Editor: M. Kim.
Publisher: Iconografix, 1995.
Language: English.
Paperback.
144 pages.
ISBN: 1882256271, 9781882256273
Enjoy this collection of American service stations from 1935 to 1943. All photos in this archival book are black & white, depicting the gas stations of yesteryear. Source: Publisher. All photos in this archival book are black & white, depicting the gas stations of yesteryear. Photographs from the Library of Congress and Philips Petroleum Company Corporate Archives.
Want more gas station history? According to the National Association of Convenience Stores, Automobile Gasoline Co., a subsidiary of Shell of California, opened the first filling station in St. Louis, Missouri in 1905. Missouri, opens what some people consider to be the first U.S. filling station. Others suggest that the first gas station was opened by Socal in Seattle, Washington, in 1907.
In 1927, the Southland Ice Company introduces the concept of the convenience store in Dallas, Texas. “Uncle Johnny” Jefferson Green, who ran the Southland Ice Dock in the Oak Cliff part of town, realized that customers sometimes needed to buy things such as bread, milk and eggs after the local grocery stores were closed. Unlike the local grocery stores, his store was already open 16 hours a day (7:00 am to 11:00 pm), seven days a week, so he decided to stock a few of those staples in addition to items he was already offering. As the company grows, it changes its store name to reflect its operating hours: 7-Eleven. CREDIT: NACS, History of Fuel Retailing.