Old gas stations

[3fingers]

Kidding aside, I love all the two-tone color schemes they were kicking out on cars in the '50s. Some where wack-a-doodle, but some, IMHO, worked well like the one below.

Anyone able to identify the make and model?

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It does look somewhat Fordish, but I think it may be furrin. I'm not familiar enough with foreign made Fords to hazard a guess though.

 

[Frunobulax]

Fun one if we haven't had it before.

In particular, I love the two-tone blue-and-white combo...on the car, well okay, looks pretty good on her too.

Kidding aside, I love all the two-tone color schemes they were kicking out on cars in the '50s. Some where wack-a-doodle, but some, IMHO, worked well like the one below.

Anyone able to identify the make and model?

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Maybe a Ford or Mercury of some type, although those headlights look odd.

Rob

Oh, that's a 1938 Millie Davenport, from Waukegan. I agree the two-tone skirt/top combo works well. Not sure I agree about the headlights.

Oh, you mean the car? Beats me!

 

[3fingers]

Oh, that's a 1938 Millie Davenport, from Waukegan. I agree the two-tone skirt/top combo works well. Not sure I agree about the headlights.

Looks like the attendant may be doing a headlight evaluation on her. Hopefully there is nothing made by Lucas involved.

 

[1955mercury]

Fun one if we haven't had it before.

In particular, I love the two-tone blue-and-white combo...on the car, well okay, looks pretty good on her too.

Kidding aside, I love all the two-tone color schemes they were kicking out on cars in the '50s. Some where wack-a-doodle, but some, IMHO, worked well like the one below.

Anyone able to identify the make and model?

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That's a Ford Taunus 17M made in Germany. Not sure of the exact year but somewhere between 1955-57.
http://storm.oldcarmanualproject.com/fordtaunus1957.htm

 

[Haversack]

I think it is a '59-'62 Ford Taunus by Ford Germany. They were sometimes called 'Seitenstreifentaunus' as they were commonly painted with a contrasting color side-stripe. I've not seen any other example with a paint job similar to this one. Also, I think the photo may have been taken somewhere in Europe as the front license plate does not look like the standard US shape. And I seem to recall seeing the carry-out-to-the-car air compressor still being used at gas stations in Germany in the early 1980s.

 

[Haversack]

A little further looking around makes me think it is a 1960 Ford Taunus. I've now seen several examples with a similar paint job to include the little swoop-down behind the front door.

 

[Fading Fast]

Maybe a Ford or Mercury of some type, although those headlights look odd.

Rob

It does look somewhat Fordish, but I think it may be furrin. I'm not familiar enough with foreign made Fords to hazard a guess though.

That's a Ford Taunus 17M made in Germany. Not sure of the exact year but somewhere between 1955-57.
http://storm.oldcarmanualproject.com/fordtaunus1957.htm

I think it is a '59-'62 Ford Taunus by Ford Germany. They were sometimes called 'Seitenstreifentaunus' as they were commonly painted with a contrasting color side-stripe. I've not seen any other example with a paint job similar to this one. Also, I think the photo may have been taken somewhere in Europe as the front license plate does not look like the standard US shape. And I seem to recall seeing the carry-out-to-the-car air compressor still being used at gas stations in Germany in the early 1980s.

A little further looking around makes me think it is a 1960 Ford Taunus. I've now seen several examples with a similar paint job to include the little swoop-down behind the front door.

⇧ Thank you gentlemen. As always, the depth of knowledge and willingness to share is impressive at FL.

Oh, that's a 1938 Millie Davenport, from Waukegan. I agree the two-tone skirt/top combo works well. Not sure I agree about the headlights.

Oh, you mean the car? Beats me!

Looks like the attendant may be doing a headlight evaluation on her. Hopefully there is nothing made by Lucas involved.

⇧

 

[Fading Fast]

 

[Fading Fast]

Lizzie - Billups? Is that a brand or just a one-off?

 

[3fingers]

Billups was an independent chan of stations in the south.
I think they were mostly absorbed by other oil companies in the 1960s

 

[Benzadmiral]

Fun one if we haven't had it before.

In particular, I love the two-tone blue-and-white combo...on the car, well okay, looks pretty good on her too.

Kidding aside, I love all the two-tone color schemes they were kicking out on cars in the '50s. Some where wack-a-doodle, but some, IMHO, worked well like the one below.

Anyone able to identify the make and model?

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Might be a Ford Anglia? In the Fifties Ford and the other big American makes were not interested in smallish cars like this. It wasn't until the advent and success of the Falcon in about 1960 that small cars started to catch on.

 

[Benzadmiral]

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Lizzie - Billups? Is that a brand or just a one-off?

I remember seeing Billups stations ("Fill Up With Billups!") when I was small.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Not a station, but noir....

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[LizzieMaine]

Rob

"Gee, all of a sudden I'm thirsty and I don't know why."

 

[Fading Fast]

Not a station, but noir....

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Rob

Every time I come back to this pic, I'm amazed at how wonderfully the photographer capture a great feel or vibe or something special - the angle and framing aren't intuitive, but they really work (and he didn't have a digital camera to see the result and adjust in real time).

Also, on a more quotidien front, it reminded how - even up through the '70s/'80s - you'd regularly see "Notary Public" signs, but now it's not common at all (at least that's been my 40+ year experience in NYC).

They are still used - we had to get a document notarized last year - but is it less than in the past? Was there a greater need for them in the GE?

 

[Fading Fast]

"Gee, all of a sudden I'm thirsty and I don't know why."

Not subtle but effective. Sometime more is more. It's the Powell Doctrine of overwhelming force applied to advertising.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I think most notaries today work out of banks -- whenever I need something notarized, that's where I go. A lot of small companies make a point of having one of their staff, usually the office manager, get a notary license so as to save the steps.

I've considered getting one myself, so I could perform weddings on the stage here. Just another of our fine services to our patrons.

 

[Fading Fast]

I think most notaries today work out of banks -- whenever I need something notarized, that's where I go. A lot of small companies make a point of having one of their staff, usually the office manager, get a notary license so as to save the steps.

I've considered getting one myself, so I could perform weddings on the stage here. Just another of our fine services to our patrons.

But for whatever reason, there was more "promotion" of the Notary Public service back in the GE and, really, up to the '80s - a lot of signage and noting of the service. As you said, banks still have the service today (that's where I go when we need a document notarized), but even they don't advertise it, you have to ask and - half the time - be handed off once or twice until you get to someone who knows who the notary is / the process.

 

[vitanola]

In small town America, most organizations now have a notary on staff. Heck, I'm one. I believe that it may be easier to gain a commission these days than it was in the past.