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American Gas Station History & Folklore of the Gas Station American Car culture
American Gas Station History & Folklore of the Gas Station American Car culture
The American Gas Station
History and Folklore of the Gas Station in American Car Culture
Michael Karl Witzel
Hard cover dust jacket
Copyright 1992
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Chapter 1 Birth of the American Filling Station,
1898-1907
Chapter 2 An Increasing Demand for Streetside Gas,
1908-1924
Chapter 3 The Gas Station Boom Years, 1925-1932
Chapter 4 Wipe the Windows and Check the Oil,
1933-1936
Chapter 5 New Images for New Gas Stations, 1937-1946
Chapter 6 Metamorphosis of an American Icon,
1947-1992
Epilogue Last Chance Gas: Learning From Route 66
Bibliography
Index
The American Gas Station is a history of the service station and the American car culture it helped create. This is the chronicle of the birth of roadside architecture, the development of gasoline pumps, corporate trademarks, and gas station memorabilia.
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