Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Gas Stations 1937-1942



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Gas station, Washington, D.C.: photo by John Vachon, July 1937



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Gas station and gospel mission, Cleveland, Ohio: photo by John Vachon, August 1937



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Gas station with truckers' quarters, Enfield, North Carolina: photo by John Vachon, April 1938



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Santa Fe, New Mexico. Gas station price analysis
: photo by Dorothea Lange, August 1938



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Gas station and dance hall, Osage, West Virginia: photo by Marion Post Wolcott, September 1938



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Sign at a gas station advertising a particular brand of petroleum, New Iberia, Louisiana: photo by Russell Lee, November 1938



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Gas station, Kern County, California
: photo by Dorothea Lange, November 1938



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Gas station and commissary, sawmill town, Ashepoo, South Carolina
: photo by Marion Post Wolcott, December 1938




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Gas station, Edcouch, Texas: photo by Russell Lee, February 1939



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Gas station, Butte, Montana: photo by Arthur Rothstein, Summer 1939



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Gas station, Wibaux, Montana: photo by Arthur Rothstein, June 1939



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Gas station, Washington, D.C.: photo by David Myers (David Moffat), July 1939



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Gas station at night, Dubuque, Iowa: photo by John Vachon, April 1940



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An "open all night" gas station in Durham, North Carolina: photo by Jack Delano, May 1940



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Crossroads store, bar "jook joint," and gas station, in cotton plantation area. Melrose, Natchitoches Parish. Louisiana
: photo by Marion Post Wolcott, June 1940



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Gas station, Benton Harbor, Michigan: photo by John Vachon, July 1940



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Mountain cabin, general store and gas station along highway near Hyden, Kentucky
: photo by Marion Post Wolcott, August 1940



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Gas station in Franklin, Heard County, Georgia, nine o'clock in the evening: photo by Jack Delano, April 1941



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Gas station, King William County, Virginia: photo by John Vachon, March 1941



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Abandoned gas station, Fort Worth-Dallas highway, Texas: photo by Arthur Rothstein, January 1942



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Gas station, Minneapolis, Minnesota: photo by John Vachon, January 1942



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Gas station and tourist cabins, Shannon County, Missouri: photo by John Vachon, February 1942



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Gas station and road house, Union County, Illinois: photo by John Vachon, February 1942



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Abandoned gas station, Anaconda, Montana (vicinity): photo by John Vachon, March 1942



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Gas station, Twin Falls County, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1942



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Washington, D.C. At 7 a.m. on July 21st, the day before stricter gas rationing was enforced, cars were pouring into this gas station on upper Wisconsin Avenue: photo by Marjory Collins, July 1942



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Washington, D.C. On morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter gas rationing went into effect, cars were parked in front of gas stations long before they opened, waiting to fill their tanks on the quota of their old ration cards. Cars were parked and left without their drivers who returned at eight o'clock when the station on upper Wisconsin Avenue near the District line opened: photo by Marjory Collins, July 1942



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This sign appeared at one upper Wisconsin Avenue gas station by 8:30 a.m. on July 21st: photo by Marjory Collins, July 1942



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Washington, D.C. Renting bicycles at a gas station on East Potomac Park. Notice the "no gas" sign on the nearest gasoline pump
: photo by Marjory Collins, June-July 1942



Photos from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress