| Author | : Michael Karl Witzel |
| Publisher | : Motorbooks |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Service stations |
| ISBN | : 9780879389253 |
Traces the history of the American gas station, and looks at stations, attendants, gasoline pumps, containers, signs, and premiums.
| Author | : Todd Helms |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Service stations |
| ISBN | : 9780764302787 |
Pictorial history 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 Oil, Cities, Mobil, Phillips, Gulf, Shell, Texaco, and Conoco.
| Author | : Michael Karl Witzel |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Service stations |
| ISBN | : |
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.
| Author | : Tim Russell |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 214 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 9781610603867 |
In this car culture of ours, what could be more American than the gas station, from the roadside pit stop in the middle of nowhere to the spit-and-polish, full service city shop? This brightly illustrated history of service stations runs the gamut from East to West, North to South, spotlighting the culture and lore of the gas-pumping garage that has kept the United States moving for a century. Whether it's the last-chance Texaco or the Sinclair dinosaur winking in the distance, the beckoning Shell, or the winged Mobil horse, it's here in all its small-town glory of compact architecture, inspired promotions, art deco pumps, and endless views of the American horizon. Author Tim Russell, one of the world's foremost collectors and historians of Petroliana, rolls out the ribbon of highway that takes us to all of those way stations of Americas motoring past.
| Author | : Jack Townsend |
| Publisher | : Jack Townsend |
| Total Pages | : 345 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems. In this second installment of the Gas Station saga, Jack finds himself entangled in his most harrowing adventure yet. With the newest crew of coworkers along for the ride and the resident psychopath out for his blood, our hero(?) must navigate the drama of small-town murder conspiracies, vigilante justice, and demonic summoning rituals...whether he wants to or not.
| Author | : Michael Karl Witzel |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 96 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Service stations |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Gestalten |
| Publisher | : Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Architecture and Planning |
| ISBN | : 9783899559286 |
A place that symbolizes freedom, traveling and the wind of change: It's a Gas! is going in search of the most unique gas stations around the world.
| Author | : Michael Karl Witzel, Gyvel Young-Witzel |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781616731236 |
| Author | : Archie Bentz |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 478 |
| Release | : 2021-01-04 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780578796239 |
Gallons of Premium History with 584 illustrations! Refueling the Past will take you back to early blacksmith shops and general stores selling gasolene and horseless carriages up through the nostalgic 20th century service stations, garages, and car dealerships, triggering great memories from a bygone era. There have been a number of publications on the subject, but they have been lacking the historical perspective from those who actually experienced all of the nuances of the American dream of small business ownership, the actual service station operator. It will become apparent there is a universal application to anyone's hometown as it is a comprehensive compilation of local business history relative to the automobile. The incentive for Archie Bentz was to capture and share this microcosm of the service station industry as it applied local business history of his hometown area of Batavia, Geneva, and St. Charles, Illinois including surrounding communities in central Kane County.
