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GAS STATION POSTCARDS
& SERVICE STATION POST CARDS

TRUCK STOPS / GASOLINE PUMPS

"1304 / SIOUX TRUCK-STOP CAFÉ--Jake-Al Berreth / Howard Sternberg" including the gasoline pumps at Newcastle Wyoming, unused chrome from Pikes Peak Post Card, small corner crease. $2.00 wg

1968 solid bronze set of Franklin Mint Presidential coins, a prize in Shell's Mr. President Coin Game, in a special red cardboard holder explicitly made for the set. We have 34 of the 35 coins (George Washington - Lyndon Johnson, missing only James Garfield). Coins are about the size of a quarter, and the cardboard holder is scuffed in places. Coins show some toning; none are worn or damaged. $17.00 ng

  GasolineStations_Mainzer4966.jpg (181528 bytes)  "4966" Mainzer comic cat card showing bedlam at a gas station as a car full of cats is being serviced, Belgian printing, rough edges as issued, fresh appearance & unused. $4.00 gm%

  NewHampshire_AltonBay_GasStation-100.jpg (303866 bytes)  "ALTON BAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE 4650" showing the Land Ho snack shop & marine gasoline station (Mobil sign), black & white from American Art Post Card Company, mailed 1963 at the Weirs Beach Station of Laconia, yellowish paper. $4.00 ng

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  GasStation_AServiceStation_Outhouse.jpg (111689 bytes)  "A Service Station In / The Days Of '76" real photo shows a dilapidated shack (an outhouse?) in a field, mailed 1937, corner wear & rounding, heavily toned back. $4.25 go+

  Minnesota_BeaverBay_Berrymans-200_small.JPG gasoline station postcard available from Judnick.com  "BERRYMAN'S CAFE / Beaver Bay, Minn." including its Mobil gasoline pumps, advertising on back; chrome post card mailed 1958 at Hovland, small corner crease in sky, noticeable internal crease at left front edge, a little paper separation at a bottom corner. Not as bad as it sounds. $2.50 m(b)gg NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

  Oklahoma_OklahomaCity_BoyerHotelCourt.jpg (303583 bytes)  "BOYER HOTEL COURT / G T STEVENS / Managing Owner / OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA." including 3 gasoline pumps, unused Teknitone linen from E. B. Thomas, yellowish paper. The pictured sign says 'Boyer Court' at variance with the caption. $4.75 omg

"Del Haven White House Cottages / 7 Mi. North of Washington on Route 1 / Berwyn Md." multiview linen with 3 scenes--including a gas station, mailed 1939, light amount of cancel ink on front, lightly toned back. $3.00

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  Arkansas_PineRidge_DickAndHis.jpg (137677 bytes)  "Dick and his little woman. Dick has just returned from the County Seat" including a Gulf gasoline pump at the left side, real photo autographed & dated 1950 stamp side, mailed there 1950, readable signs include 'Dick Huddleston of Lum and Abner'. $7.50 agg+

  Tennessee_Goodlettsville_FloydsMotel-200_small.JPG gas station postcard available from Judnick.com  "FLOYD'S MOTEL / 2Miles North on U.S. 31-W, Goodlettsville, Tenn." including a sign for their cafe & Pan-Am gasoline pumps at the left, linen post card, writing on back dates to November 1955, small x on front marks a room. $2.25 tmrg

  Illinois_Roodhouse_WestPalmStreet-100.jpg (282585 bytes)  "West Palm St., Roodhouse, Illinois: showing a pickup truck parked outside Mary's Garage (Chrysler / Plymouth service) & a large Texaco sign across the street, unused black & white linen, yellowing of the paper with age. Nice. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original area) & enhanced 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ig

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  Colorado_CentralCity_GoldDust-200_small.JPG  "GOLD DUST VILLAGE - Highway 119 - Central City, Colorado" as seen from a high vantage point; the roadside complex consisting of a bar, gas station, gift shop, liquor store, restaurant & the Gold Dust Inn. Unused real photo advertising postcard with glossy finish, tiny corner crease nowhere near the image. $5.00 crg

"GREETINGS FROM INTERCOURSE, PENNA." including a horse-drawn buggy & a Gulf gas station, unused postcard, 1969 copyright, creases (2 long), back toned. As is. $1.00 pg

  Automobiles_Gulflex50PointServicePlan.jpg (275640 bytes)  "GULFLEX // 50 / POINT / SERVICE / PLAN //  REGISTERED / LUBRICATION" brochure in 12 panels that was mailed from New York in 1944 to an Ohio resident, multicolor art, advertising within for Studney's Gulf Service in Cleveland Ohio, fancy cover is die-cut to fold over 2 panels (shown). $12.00 ago

"Holding's / LITTLE AMERICA / LITTLE AMERICA, WYOMING / ... / World's Largest Service Station" including 3 of their islands--they had 55 pumps altogether, mailed there 1964, corner crease, minor edge wear. $2.50 gsw

  SouthCarolina_Spartanburg_L55-100.jpg (285418 bytes)  "L-55--Morgan Monument, Spartanburg, S. C." also showing the New York Café & the Esso station across the street from it, unused Curteich linen postcard, yellowish paper on back, writing on back in stamp box, 4 tiny dots on back, good edges. $2.25 s(s)gs NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

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  Illinois_SouthDecatur_LighthouseCafe-100.jpg (323297 bytes)  "LIGHTHOUSE CAFÉ / Motel & Service Station / SOUTH DECATUR, ILL. / JUNCTION 47 & 51" unused black & white with pertinent information on back, pencil writing on back dates to 1956. Shell gas was sold there, as noted on the lighthouse! $6.00 irgm

  Wisconsin_BoulderJunction_MainStreet-200_small.JPG  "Main Street, Boulder Junction, Wisconsin" includes gasoline pumps outside the Boulder Junction Building Material Company, unused chrome postcard, minor wear at one bottom corner. $3.00 w(b)mg NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

"Mercedes-Benz 320 Kombinationscoupé, 1937" being serviced by a Shell gasoline pump, unused continental post card, near mint condition. $2.50 ag

  Maine_Norridgewock_GulfStation-100.jpg (267343 bytes)  "MONUMENT SQUARE / NORRIDGEWOCK, ME." including some of the Gulf gas station at the intersection of US 2 & US 201; sepia-tone Dupont Defender real photo with good focus & contrast, writing on back, slight ink smear on back, lightly toned back, faint crackling near one conrer (nowhere near image). $9.00 mg

"NOTHING / THANKS / IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE STOPS" cartoon art shows car of children rushing to restroom while attendant looks on, color post card from Noble, minor corner wear & rounding. $2.50 gc

See also Roadside Americana postcards at this site!

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"SIMONS TRUCK OASIS / I-40 at Cemetery Road / ... / Sayre OK  73662" aerial including 4 islands for trucks, unused chrome post card from Skypix Inc., lightly toned back. $2.50 go

"SKYLINE OF DETROIT / Michigan as seen from West Fort Street" with legible signs--Gulf gasoline, Associated Industries Inc., Empire Industries, Schenley billboard; unused chrome postcard published by the Hiawatha Card Co., minor corner & edge wear. $1.50 m(d)g NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

  GasStaions_DetroitMichigan_SOGOIAN.jpg (173779 bytes)  "SOGOIAN / P. K. Super Service Station / Foot of Ambassador Bridge - Detroit, Mich. / ..." with telephone number, ad handstamped in black on a viewcard of that bridge, mailed 1959, one corner badly creased (not into image). $2.75 gmb%

"THE GULF BUILDING / PITTSBURGH, PA." showing the exterior of the Gulf Oil Corporation headquarters in vertical format, unused postcard, one serrated edge, small spots of toning near upper back edge. $2.00 gp(p) NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

VANCOUVER ISLAND AIR (Canada). Unused continental post card showing its DeHavilland Canada DHC-2 (C-FVIA) moving in the water near an Esso refueling facility, near mint & simply gorgeous. $10.00 abg NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

"W-104 / One of Interstate Hosts Snack Bar and Service Areas / on the 133 million dollar West Virginia Turnpike" with 4 pumps & part of another island, unused chrome postcard. $2.00 g

  Oklahoma_Bartlesville_GasStation.JPG (139148 bytes)  "WA5JSE" Bartlesville Oklahoma QSL postcard converted from chrome post card showing a Phillips 66 gas station by writing on front, mailed 1965, light brown spot near lower right front corner, Phillips insignia on back so company-issued. $3.00 og

Please E-mail us to propose reciprocal links
to other gasoline station postcard & collectibles webpages.
Collector, museum & club links are especially welcome.

Wanted to buy--Clark Oil and Refining trading stamp booklets from the early 1960's. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

  Texas_Greenville_WelcomeTo-200_small.JPG  "'WELCOME TO GREENVILLE TEXAS" LEE STREET LOOKING EAST" where the Trailways Bus Terminal was opposite a Texaco gas station, linen postcard sent free by Pvt. Ernest Conway stationed at Majors Army Air Field there, mild corner wear, a little cancel ink in the sky. Remarkable banner hung prominently over the street reads 'THE BLACKEST LAND / GREENVILLE WELCOME / THE WHITEST PEOPLE'. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 tbbgg

  AviationPropeller_WestCoastAirlines_C-FUJM-200_small.JPG  WEST COAST AIRLINES (Canada). Continental black & white photograph of its DeHavilland Canada DHC-3 (C-FUJM) moored at its dock near a waterfront Esso gasoline station, good composition & focus, an exceptionally interesting scene. $7.50 a(p)cg NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

  AviationPropeller_WingsAviation_DHC-3-200_small.JPG gas station photo available from Judnick.com  WINGS AVIATION. Continental black & white photograph of its DeHavilland Canada DHC-3 (CF-HAS) docked to get leaded gas, good focus & contrast. Rare. $6.50 a(p)cg NEW / NEU / NOUVEAU

  Wisconsin_Manitowoc_Winter-ProofNow.jpg (175841 bytes)  "WINTER-PROOF NOW! / EARL KREIES / SERVICE STATION" image both sides, mailed circa 1940, very nice! The station was in Manitowoc Wisconsin. $7.00 (wgga)%


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