Roadside Memories: A Collection of Vintage Gas Station Photographs (Schiffer Book for Collectors & Historians) [Paperback]

Todd P. Helms (Author), Chip Flohe (Author)

Book Description

Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors & Historians | Publication Date: August 1997

Take a drive down memory lane with this rare collection of gasoline station photographs from both public and private collections, touring a much simpler time in American history. Since its inception in the early 1900s, the service station has been an icon of the American roadside and a catalyst of our childhood memories. Included is a brief history of the development of the gasoline station in the United States and details about many of the companies which punctuated the roadsides with their buildings, including the Standard companies, Cities, Mobil, Phillips, Gulf, Shell, Texaco, and Conoco. Filled with over 500 black and white photos, Roadside Memories captures the essence of American life over the first seventy years of this century. Captions provide station location and era identification. These nostalgic photos aid both the collector and historian interested filling up on high-grade service station pumps, classic advertising, architecture, and classic automobiles of the 1920s-70s.

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About the Author

his is Todd's second book with Schiffer Publishing. He resides in Lancaster, Ohio, with his wife, Rebecca, and their five year old black lab, Tequila. Chip resides in Tennessee. He and his father, Happy, operate an antique shop near their home and sponsor Dixie Gas, the largest "petroleum only" meet currently held in the South, every September.

Product Details

• Paperback: 159 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764302787
• ISBN-13: 978-0764302787
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #346,761 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars History ok, small geography of pictures, April 18, 2004

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This review is from: Roadside Memories: A Collection of Vintage Gas Station Photographs (Schiffer Book for Collectors & Historians) (Paperback)

This book offers a very basic history of the gas companies. The picures in the book are almost all from Tennessee. I do not feel that the pictures choosen offer a fair representation of "vintage gas stations." I believe that the book could have been much more appealing had the authors chosen to use pictures from all over the country. They speak of stations located in California and the northeast yet there are very little pictures from either region. Also most of the pictures in the book were taken in the 1950s and 60s, there are few older photos.