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Gas Stations.
A place to refuel could also be a place to look. Margolies photographed gasoline retailers that borrowed the outlines of teapots, shells and pagodas, alongside more restrained stations. Compare the recognizable silhouette with the working forecourt: pumps, canopies, windows and the space left for a car. The Teapot Dome story follows one especially pointed example, where the commodity being sold became part of a political joke built into the architecture.
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Pure gas station (Nichols Photo Studio), Calhoun Avenue, Greenwood, South Carolina
Beacon (Mobil) gas station, overall view, 2116 S. 10th Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Old gas station, angle 1, Route 175, Odebolt, Iowa
Gas station, (Bob's Pig Shop), horizontal view, Route 77, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Gas station, (Bob's Pig Shop), vertical view, Route 77, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Stone gas station, diagonal view, Route 93, Liberty, South Carolina
Stone gas station, side view, Route 93, Liberty, South Carolina
Citgo gas station, overall view, Route 2, Superior, Wisconsin
Dinneen Standard station, 16th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Conoco gas station, Main Street, Arlington, Kansas
Gas station (1926), angle II, Main & Market, Glen Elder, Kansas
Star Chevron gas station, Bank Street, New London, Connecticut
Mattoon Service Station (pre-fabricated), angle view, National & Washington Boulevards, Culver City, California
Richfield Gas, Route 66, Cucamonga, California
Fina gas station, angle view, Route 17, Kingsland, Georgia
Skip's Skelly Service, straight-on view, S. 38th Street, Omaha, Nebraska
Old gas station (Tower-Lite Restaurant and Tavern), St. Joseph Avenue, Evansville, Indiana
Welcome Travelers gas station, straight-on view, New Laredo Highway, San Antonio, Texas
Ray Rogers Mobil gas station (1933), straight-on view, Broadway, San Antonio, Texas
Gas station wreck, Route 80, Simsboro, Louisiana
FC. Harbor gas station wreck, Route 8, Tremont, Mississippi
Gas station at Apache Canyon Trading Post, Routes 62 & 180, Whites City, New Mexico
Milk Depot gas station, horizontal view, 900 South & 140 East, Salt Lake City, Utah
