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- Hill & Tibbit Super Service Station, Washington, D.C., 1934 - By 1920, gasoline retailers determined that "island" gas pumps, which drivers could approach from either side, provided the most efficient station layout. They also realized that profits weren't made on the gasoline itself. Retailers instead made money by servicing and repairing cars, or by offering amenities like the "auto laundry" car wash at this station in Washington, D.C.
- 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Hill & Tibbit Super Service Station, Washington, D.C., 1934
By 1920, gasoline retailers determined that "island" gas pumps, which drivers could approach from either side, provided the most efficient station layout. They also realized that profits weren't made on the gasoline itself. Retailers instead made money by servicing and repairing cars, or by offering amenities like the "auto laundry" car wash at this station in Washington, D.C.
- Deluxe Mile Teller, circa 1960 -
- circa 1960
- Collections - Artifact
Deluxe Mile Teller, circa 1960
- Ford Counter Display, "Clean Up Your Car Now," 1936 -
- May 22, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Counter Display, "Clean Up Your Car Now," 1936
- Supersonic Car Wash Sign, Billings, Montana, 1980 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- 1980
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Supersonic Car Wash Sign, Billings, Montana, 1980
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.