Ford Neighborhood Service Station, 1933-1934

THF103820 / Ford Neighborhood Service Station, 1933-1934
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Artifact Overview

Oil companies and service station owners enticed drivers to stop and fill up using various architectural styles. Pure Oil's English cottage design, as seen in this early 1930s photograph, evoked comfort and home-like qualities perhaps needed by road-weary travelers.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1933

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

76.300.1203.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in.
Width: 10 in.

Ford Neighborhood Service Station, 1933-1934