Gas Station - Mix and Match Gas 1939 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
Title
Gas Station - Mix and Match Gas 1939 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1939, Feb
Original title: Service Station
Photographer: Russell Lee
Location: 700 S Commerce St, Harlingen, TX (maybe)
I only found info about this place listed on one site, which is what I used to write about this. There was no address or street to the place and I don't even know where they found it. In any case, this place was owned by Lonnie Wade Molder in the mid 40s. He made flower pots from old gas tanks, and lined flower beds with oil cans. And for whatever reason, had 4 different kinds of gas pumps, yet only two lanes?
The location was based off where he worked after this, he went to work at a welder up the street at 600 S Commerce St, but if you looked up the road a bit, there was a railroad crossing, and there is a sign in the background of this. So I think that vacant lot is this place.
I chose colors from the 1920s, because I think it may be that old or older, I don't know when they dropped the period at the end of titles. I chose thick clouds because it contrasted well, and there are no shadows at all. So either its overcast, or its very cloudy. Overcast usually has shadows of some kind. So it was probably on the dark side.
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June 7th, 2021
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