Gas Stations in the USA 1920s - 1940s

[Meanderer]

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[AZ Jim]

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When I was a kid all the pumps were the manual gravity type like pictured here. If you wanted 5 gallons the attendant used a hand lever to pump up the gas into the glass tank on top of the assembly, then he would open the nozzle and let the gas from the tank rub out.

 

[oldman]

In the first picture, the NEHI sign. How I remember NEHI Orange soda, not to mention the .02 bottle return.

 

[Meanderer]

A Stooges set up but still a great old station

Take your choice

 

[Pappy]

 

[Meanderer]

Bethesda Chevy Chase A252 W R Lansdowne Gas Station 1940

 

[SeaBreeze]