Old gas stations

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

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[David Conwill]

Ok, so I was just asked when winter-blend gasoline started. I'm guessing around 1926-'27, but that's almost pure speculation. Any help?

 

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Looks more like a set from a '30s MGM big-budget musical than a real-world gas station.

 

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The young lady in front - wearing God knows what - is working the camera hard.

Ok, so I was just asked when winter-blend gasoline started. I'm guessing around 1926-'27, but that's almost pure speculation. Any help?

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As to your question - I have no idea, but bet Lizzie does.

The illustration in this ad is incredible - talented artist (but he - I'll bet, in this case, it's a he - did push the boundary of good taste a bit with the aviatrix). [Edit Add: to quote Lizzie: "Oh, those Boys"]

 

[LizzieMaine]

Ok, so I was just asked when winter-blend gasoline started. I'm guessing around 1926-'27, but that's almost pure speculation. Any help?

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Industry trade publications suggest the seasonal difference in blends was already well-established by 1920, so likely some time in the mid-1910s would be a reasonable guess. Interestingly, reports on gasoline volatility during the early twenties indicate that the actual difference between winter and summer-grade fuel was somewhat less than the advertising copy would lead one to believe. Oh those Boys.

 

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...As to your question - I have no idea, but bet Lizzie does....

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Industry trade publications suggest the seasonal difference in blends was already well-established by 1920, so likely some time in the mid-1910s would be a reasonable guess. Interestingly, reports on gasoline volatility during the early twenties indicate that the actual difference between winter and summer-grade fuel was somewhat less than the advertising copy would lead one to believe. Oh those Boys.

 

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The young lady in front - wearing God knows what - is working the camera hard.

"Working the camera" !

Working for sympathy!

Just working!

 

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Meet Miss Maude Odell, one of the first women taxi drivers in New York. 1923

 

[Benzadmiral]

V for Victory!
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That looks like a New Orleans shotgun house!

 

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Phabulous Phriday fotos everyone!

 

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Pretty Kitty Blundell working as a mechanic on a Singer Junior at the Monte Carlo
rally. 1928

 

[David Conwill]

Working for sympathy!

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I don't think Kitty Brunell or any of her cohorts need your sympathy!

 

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A tired looking truck!

Imagine one of these steel oldies hitting modern vehicles with plastic chroming!

 

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I don't think Kitty Brunell or any of her cohorts need your sympathy!

I don’t think Kitty Brundell or any of her cohorts need our sympathy!

On the other hand...

 

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Where's the dinosaur?

 

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"He don’t know jack...dang fool!

Jack who?

 

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Where's the dinosaur?

For my pal from NYC.