Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The Ghost of the Zeitgeist Stops for a Fill-Up


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Historic Shell gas station, Raleigh, North Carolina: photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 11 June 2005 (Library of Congress)





"Perhaps we ought to take pictures of gas stations"

-- Artur (aka AJP Crown, A Bad Guide)





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Gas station, Truxton, Arizona: photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 3 May 2009 (Library of Congress)

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Old car and gas station, Route 66, Truxton, Arizona: photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 3 May 2009 (Library of Congress)

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Old gas station in Old Havana, Cuba: photo by Carol M. Highsmith, January 2010 (Library of Congress)

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Old gas station, rural Alabama: photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 9 May 2009 (George F. Landegger Collection, Library of Congress)

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Former gas station becomes a funky car wash, Sheffield, Alabama: photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2010 (George F. Landegger Collection, Library of Congress)

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Abandoned gas station, Selma, Alabama: photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 11 April 2006 (Library of Congress)

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Abandoned gas station, Monroe County, Alabama: photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 12 May 2010 (George F. Landegger Collection, Library of Congress)

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Abandoned gas station, Monroe County, Alabama: photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 12 May 2010 (George F. Landegger Collection, Library of Congress)

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Old gas station. Eufaula, Alabama: photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 11 May 2010 (George F. Landegger Collection, Library of Congress)

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Old gas pumps, Hackberry General Store, Route 66, Hackberry, Arizona: photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 3 May 2009 (Library of Congress)