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From the curbside gas pumps of the 1920s, to the full-service, uniformed attendants of the 1930s-50s, to today's self-service stations, Witzel thoroughly educates the reader about the history of a little considered, but important need for the motoring public. The text is well written and traces the gas station's history chronologically, while the illustrations provide the reader with a poignant reminder of a time when many things in life were much simpler. -- Vette Magazine - Book of the Month, September 1997 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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From the curbside gas pumps of the 1920s, to the full-service, uniformed attendants of the 1930s-50s, to today's self-service stations, Witzel thoroughly educates the reader about the history of a little considered, but important need for the motoring public. The text is well written and traces the gas station's history chronologically, while the illustrations provide the reader with a poignant reminder of a time when many things in life were much simpler. -- Vette Magazine - Book of the Month, September 1997 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Our best-selling book on American car culture is now available in this new paperback edition! The American Gas Station is a nostalgic history of the service station and the American car culture it helped create. An exceptional chronicle of the birth of roadside architecture, the development of gasoline pumps, corporate trademarks, and gas station memorabilia.
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Before the dawn of the Twentieth Century, when only a handful of Charles E. and J. Frank Duryea's one-cylinder horseless carriages were roaming the countryside and Alexander Winton's first series-produced gas buggies were initially sold, locating liquid fuel to power their simple engines was difficulty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
curbside pumps, product bulletin, gasoline pumps, station restroom, motoring public, gasoline sales, pump manufacturers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Phillips Petroleum Company, Shell Oil Company, Standard Oil Company, United States, City Beautiful, Pump Company, Flying Red Horse, General Petroleum Museum, Chevron Corporation, Gulf Oil Company, Tokheim Oil Tank, West Coast, Highway Hostesses, Keeler's Korner, New York City, San Francisco, Sinclair Motor Oil, Texaco Inc, White Patrol, Billy's Service Station, Texas Company, Walter Dorwin Teague, Arizona Historical Society, Gilbarco Inc, Roaring Twenties New!
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Before the dawn of the Twentieth Century, when only a handful of Charles E. and J. Frank Duryea's one-cylinder horseless carriages were roaming the countryside and Alexander Winton's first series-produced gas buggies were initially sold, locating liquid fuel to power their simple engines was difficulty. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
curbside pumps, product bulletin, gasoline pumps, station restroom, motoring public, gasoline sales, pump manufacturers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Phillips Petroleum Company, Shell Oil Company, Standard Oil Company, United States, City Beautiful, Pump Company, Flying Red Horse, General Petroleum Museum, Chevron Corporation, Gulf Oil Company, Tokheim Oil Tank, West Coast, Highway Hostesses, Keeler's Korner, New York City, San Francisco, Sinclair Motor Oil, Texaco Inc, White Patrol, Billy's Service Station, Texas Company, Walter Dorwin Teague, Arizona Historical Society, Gilbarco Inc, Roaring Twenties New!
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- Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture by Chester Liebs in Back Matter
- The American Magazine by Amy Janello in Back Matter
- The Colossus of Roads: Myth and Symbol along the American Highway by Karal Ann Marling in Back Matter
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