These amazing photos were found by Steve Hagy that show what service stations of the US looked like in the 1920s and 1930s.
Jeff’s Texaco, Newburgh, New York Area, August 22, 1924Western Oil Station at Pentwater, Michigan, 1926Reeder’s Sinclair, Lake City, Michigan, June 29, 1927Hazel Filling Station, West Virginia, May 12, 1929Rest “A” While Camps, Clinton, Maine, August 28, 1929Super X Gas Station at 910 Broadway, Newark, New Jersey, September 4, 1929Shady Lawn Cottages – Texaco at Oakland, Iowa, circa late 1920sBusiness District with Deep Rock Gasoline, Maple Lake, Minnesota, circa 1930sCrystal Brook Farm, Derby Line, Vermont, circa 1930sGridley’s cabins, restaurant, and gasoline, Otter Lake, NY, circa 1930sHoward Brothers Store & Socony Gas, Piermont, New Hampshire, June 21, 1930Log Cabin Inn, Cold Brook, NY, circa 1930sTashers Indian Village & Texaco, South Bend, Indiana, circa 1930sButler’s Esso, Prescottville, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1933Esso Station Route 11, Nicholson, Pennsylvania, August 1, 1933Gochnour’s Lunch Room & Cottage, along old U.S. 220 between Bedford and Claysburg, Osterburg, PA, August 14, 1933Temple Cabins & Gulf Gasoline, West Wilton, New Hampshire, June 21, 1933Conoco Stations at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, July 19, 1935Heinz Grocery Meats, St Petersburg, Florida, February 15, 1935Lincoln Lodge on U.S. 30, Ligonier, PA, August 5, 1935Lone Spruce Lodge & Gulf Gasoline, Pittsfield, New Hampshire, August 19, 1935Silver Spring Tavern at Bartlett, New Hampshire, July 3, 1937Blue’s Gas Station, along U.S. 201 not far from the Canadian border, Jackman, Maine, February 9, 1938Dennie’s Corner, Shafer Lake, Indiana, August 2, 1938Harvey’s Service Station, Route 219 near Oakland, Maryland, July 11, 1938Hi-Way Texaco Service, Texline, Texas, September 5, 1938Scenic City Kabin Kamp, Iowa Falls, Iowa, June 3, 1939Stone Tavern on U.S. 219 near Oakland, Maryland, August 9, 1939