Old gas stations

[BobHufford]

This Standard station was built in 1934, was in front of the KWTO radio building and across from the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, Missouri. It is now the site of the phone company.

 

[BobHufford]

Sikeston, Missouri, 1940.

 

[BobHufford]

West Plains, Missouri.

 

[LizzieMaine]

They heard the Gates Mystery Driver was in town and they want to look sharp.

 

[BobHufford]

Swan, Missouri.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[LizzieMaine]

What, no lunch counter? No dry-cleaning pickup? No watch repair? "One Stop" indeed.

 

[BobHufford]

Princeton, Missouri.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

 

[dh66]

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Is that a parking brake or a theft deterrent?

 

[Frunobulax]

Is that a parking brake or a theft deterrent?

Heh, you think it's to secure the car.

It's so the tree doesn't get away.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Friggin' kids, you can't leave a car alone five minutes without they strip your headlights.

 

[Zombie_61]

Is that a parking brake or a theft deterrent?

Yes.

 

[BobHufford]

Greene County, Missouri.

 

[BobHufford]

Standard Greasing Palace, Brunswick, Missouri.

 

[dh66]

I'm not sure if this used to be a gas station or not, but it looked like it could've been one, or a garage of some kind, at some point in its life.

 

[BobHufford]

Stover, Missouri.

 

[BobHufford]

 

[BobHufford]

 

[dh66]

Everybody here knows this guy, I trust.
He's wandered away from his gas station, though, and was hanging out in front of a paintball park.