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Gas Station Collection

Background imageGas Station Collection: Grocery store, Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Grocery store, Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grocery store. Widtsoe, Utah

Background imageGas Station Collection: The town of Caddo, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The town of Caddo, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The town of Caddo, Oklahoma. Migrants leave the small towns as well as the farms of the southwest. This region is a source of many emigrants to the Pacific Coast

Background imageGas Station Collection: Main street of town showing irrigation ditch, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street of town showing irrigation ditch, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street of town. Shows irrigation ditch. Escalante, Utah

Background imageGas Station Collection: Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Muscella, Georgia. Peach pickers

Background imageGas Station Collection: View of Widtsoe area from general store, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

View of Widtsoe area from general store, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
View of Widtsoe area from general store. The farmlands purchase lie on the floor of the valley. Utah

Background imageGas Station Collection: Roadside stand and filling station near Ennis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Roadside stand and filling station near Ennis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Roadside stand and filling station near Ennis, Texas

Background imageGas Station Collection: Plantation store, Mississippi Delta, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Plantation store, Mississippi Delta, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Plantation store. Mississippi Delta. ['Bellgrade Lumber Co - General Merchandise - Lake Charles Plantation']

Background imageGas Station Collection: A plantation store near Clarksville, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A plantation store near Clarksville, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A plantation store near Clarksville, Mississippi. [Shop selling US government motor gasoline: Sterlingwell Plantations - Volunteer Food Stores']

Background imageGas Station Collection: Family...from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car... Arizona, 1937

Family...from Fort Smith, Arkansas, trying to repair their car... Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas, on their way to try to find work in the California harvests. Between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona

Background imageGas Station Collection: On the highway, Riverside County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On the highway, Riverside County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On the highway. Riverside County, California. ['The Cowboy's Independent Service Station - Marion Cox mgr.']

Background imageGas Station Collection: Northwestern Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Northwestern Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Northwestern Arkansas. [Written on side of car: Horse Traininig & Braking [sic] by Whipple & Son']

Background imageGas Station Collection: Waiting for the trucks to bring them to the cotton fields, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937

Waiting for the trucks to bring them to the cotton fields, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Waiting for the trucks to bring them to the cotton fields. Memphis, Tennessee

Background imageGas Station Collection: Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas, 1937

Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas

Background imageGas Station Collection: A cross roads store, bar, 'juke joint, 'and gas... in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, La. 1940

A cross roads store, bar, "juke joint, "and gas... in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, La. 1940
A cross roads store, bar, " juke joint, " and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, Louisiana. [Signs

Background imageGas Station Collection: Wisdom, Montana, 1942. Creator: John Vachon

Wisdom, Montana, 1942. Creator: John Vachon
Wisdom, Montana. [Signs: Mail Stage; Calso Dealer; Bakers Garage; Calso Gasoline ]

Background imageGas Station Collection: Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee

Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico

Background imageGas Station Collection: Garage mechanic near Newark, N. J. Badge denotes member of Office of Defense Transportation, 1943

Garage mechanic near Newark, N. J. Badge denotes member of Office of Defense Transportation, 1943
Garage mechanic near Newark, N.J. Badge denotes member of Office of Defense Transportation

Background imageGas Station Collection: County seat of Hale County, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

County seat of Hale County, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
County seat of Hale County, Alabama. [C.A. Johnson & Son ready-to-wear cash store; McCollum Grocery Co.; Loftis Cafe; drugstore; barber shop; Gulf gas station]

Background imageGas Station Collection: Crossroads store, Sprott, Alabama, 1935 or 1936. Creator: Walker Evans

Crossroads store, Sprott, Alabama, 1935 or 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Crossroads store. Sprott, Alabama. [U.S post office, with signs advertising Arcadian nitrate of soda; Coca-Cola; Granger rough cut tobacco; Pan-Am motor oil and orange gasoline]

Background imageGas Station Collection: Possibly: Negro mechanic for the Amoco oil company, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Possibly: Negro mechanic for the Amoco oil company, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Washington, D.C. Negro mechanic for the Amoco oil company]

Background imageGas Station Collection: Negro mechanic for the Amoco oil company, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Negro mechanic for the Amoco oil company, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Negro mechanic for the Amoco oil company

Background imageGas Station Collection: New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in... Town of Maupin, Oregon, 1939

New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in... Town of Maupin, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon. Population 245. [ Town Club Cafe - " A Good Place to Eat" - Open All Night at the Texaco Sign ]

Background imageGas Station Collection: New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon, 1939

New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New sign along highway advertises a new enterprise in the lonely town of Maupin, Oregon. Population 245. [ Town Club Cafe - " A Good Place to Eat" - Open All Night at the Texaco Sign ]

Background imageGas Station Collection: Family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town, 1939

Family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
After a lift of five miles by a passing motorist, the family of homeless, walking people are left at the edge of the next town. [Signs: Manns Super Service - 40 ft

Background imageGas Station Collection: The Wilhelm mill closed ten years ago and service station... Monroe, Benton County, Oregon, 1939

The Wilhelm mill closed ten years ago and service station... Monroe, Benton County, Oregon, 1939
Oregon, Monroe, Benton County. The Wilhelm mill closed ten years ago and service station " used to be quite a trading center around here until they had good roads."

Background imageGas Station Collection: Crossroads grocery store and filling station, Yakima, Washington, Sumac Park, 1939

Crossroads grocery store and filling station, Yakima, Washington, Sumac Park, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Crossroads grocery store and filling station, typical of many such small enterprises in new community. Yakima, Washington, Sumac Park

Background imageGas Station Collection: Along the highway U. S. 99 at Highway City, between Tulare and Fresno, California, 1939

Along the highway U. S. 99 at Highway City, between Tulare and Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Between Tulare and Fresno, California. Along the highway U.S. 99 at Highway City. [Signs advertising gasoline; Dad & Mas Beacon store; beer

Background imageGas Station Collection: Young North Carolinian in old Ford, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Young North Carolinian in old Ford, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young North Carolinian in old Ford. He does not farm. " Works for wages." At Tucks filling station. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageGas Station Collection: Country filling station... by tobacco farmer... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939

Country filling station... by tobacco farmer... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer. Such small independent stations have become meeting places and loafing spots for neighborhood farmers in their off times

Background imageGas Station Collection: Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer, Granville County, North Carolina

Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer, Granville County, North Carolina
Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer. Such small independent stations have become meeting places (community center)

Background imageGas Station Collection: Main street of Nyssa, Oregon, on Saturday afternoon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street of Nyssa, Oregon, on Saturday afternoon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street of Nyssa, Oregon, on Saturday afternoon. [Signs: Texaco; Don t Hibernate - Insulate!; Blacksmithing; Coffee Shop & Tavern; Gas; Garage, Welding & Repairing, Body & Fender Repairing

Background imageGas Station Collection: Small independent gas stations litter the highway, near Kingsburg, California, 1939

Small independent gas stations litter the highway, near Kingsburg, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Kingsburg. Small independent gas stations litter the highway. California. [Signs: Higher Octane; Fire-Chief Gasoline; Ice Cream, Lunches

Background imageGas Station Collection: Farmers supply co-op, Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmers supply co-op, Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers supply co-op. Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageGas Station Collection: Farmers supply co-op established in 1936, Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939

Farmers supply co-op established in 1936, Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers supply co-op established in 1936. 800 farmers in this county belong. Sells also radios, washing machines, and refrigerators. Paid thirteen percent dividends from January 1 to July 1, 1939

Background imageGas Station Collection: Country store, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Country store, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Daughter of white tobacco sharecropper at country store. Person County, North Carolina]

Background imageGas Station Collection: Daughter of white tobacco sharecropper at country store, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Daughter of white tobacco sharecropper at country store, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Daughter of white tobacco sharecropper at country store. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageGas Station Collection: Rural filling station becomes community... 4 July, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Rural filling station becomes community... 4 July, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rural filling station becomes community center and general grounds for loafing. The men in baseball suits are on a local team which will play a game nearby. The team is called the Cedargrove Team

Background imageGas Station Collection: Rural filling stations become community centers, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939

Rural filling stations become community centers, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Fourth of July, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rural filling stations become community centers and general loafing grounds

Background imageGas Station Collection: Rural filling station becomes community center... for loafing, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Rural filling station becomes community center... for loafing, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Rural filling station becomes community center and general grounds for loafing. The men in baseball suits are on a local team which will play a game nearby. The team is called the Cedargrove Team

Background imageGas Station Collection: [Untitled, possibly related to: Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas], 1937

[Untitled, possibly related to: Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas], 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Family of nine from near Fort Smith, Arkansas, on their way to try to find work in the California harvests. Between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona

Background imageGas Station Collection: Esso petrol station forecourt with tanker delivering fuel, 2020. Creator: Tim Woodcock

Esso petrol station forecourt with tanker delivering fuel, 2020. Creator: Tim Woodcock
Esso petrol station forecourt with tanker delivering fuel, 2020

Background imageGas Station Collection: Photographic print of Westley Williams, ca. 1920. Creator: Unknown

Photographic print of Westley Williams, ca. 1920. Creator: Unknown
A black-and-white photograph of Westley Williams standing in front of a dark-colored automobile. He is wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up

Background imageGas Station Collection: Fire in building causing traffic to slow, Glendale, Burbank, California 1951. Creator: Unknown

Fire in building causing traffic to slow, Glendale, Burbank, California 1951. Creator: Unknown
Fire in building causing traffic to slow, Glendale, Burbank, California 1951

Background imageGas Station Collection: Fuel filling station in Costa Rica 2018. Creator: Unknown

Fuel filling station in Costa Rica 2018. Creator: Unknown
Fuel filling station in Costa Rica 2018

Background imageGas Station Collection: Cleveland Petrol Station, Marr, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters

Cleveland Petrol Station, Marr, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Cleveland Petrol Station, Marr, South Yorkshire, 1963. An early 1960s petrol station in the village of Marr, close to the A1 between Doncaster and Barnsley

Background imageGas Station Collection: A petrol station forecourt, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters

A petrol station forecourt, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
A petrol station forecourt, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 1965. The Ross service station in Grimsby, from which they ran a car rental agency

Background imageGas Station Collection: Shell promotion shot, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters

Shell promotion shot, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters
Shell promotion shot, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1967. A portrait of Mr Doug Cavell, who operated the Swinton Old Hall Service Station in South Yorkshire

Background imageGas Station Collection: A modern building, Baranquilla, c1940s

A modern building, Baranquilla, c1940s. From Barranquilla. [Raul de la Espriella B. Barranquilla]



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