Old gas stations

[DeaconKC]

Only information is Sperry, OK

 

[tonyb]

North Dakota in 1937. Russell Lee photo.
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That’s a great shot.

 

[Zombie_61]

That’s a great shot.

I agree, so it's currently the wallpaper on my laptop.

 

[DeaconKC]

Only information is a Humble Station in the 30's

 

[BobHufford]

The style is coming back … as a home.

 

[LizzieMaine]

And many, if not most, of the gas stations built in that design were themselves prefabricated. There is nothing new under the sun,

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^^
Many modernist architects designed houses to be built with some degree of prefabrication, with major components assembled offsite and cobbled together onsite. This was common with the houses built on steel frames.

And we all know about the mail order house kits available early in the last century through Sears-Roebuck and Co., among others.

A friend is nearing completion of a house based on a prefab steel commercial structure. He’s getting a big bang for his buck.

 

[tonyb]

A page from the book of Walker Evans photos that arrived in yesterday’s mail.

 

[DeaconKC]

Huntsville Texas around 1965

 

[DeaconKC]

From the movie Thunder Road with Robert Mitchum

 

[DeaconKC]

Galveston Texas 1927

 

[DeaconKC]

 

[BobHufford]

 

[DeaconKC]

Thanks for this great bit of information along with a great picture.