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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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Old gas station, 2nd & Vance, Memphis, Tennessee
Old gas station, McEwen, Tennessee
Gas station, Chester's Auto Repair, Route 70, Forrest City, Arkansas
Golden Eagle gas pumps, 8th & Market Streets, San Diego, California
Far-Go gas pumps, Main Street, Barstow, California
Texaco gas pumps, Milford, Illinois
Flying red horse Mobil sign, Route 60B, Mountain Grove, Missouri
Colonial Gas sign-billboard, Route 40, St. Marys, Georgia
Shell Gas sign and general store, Olivebridge, New York
Stinker Cut-Rate Gas sign, Boise, Idaho
Erie Foreign Car Parts multi-statue sign, angle 1, Mohawk Street, Whitesboro, New York
Stan The Tire Man statue, angle shot, Broadway, Mount Vernon, Illinois
Spray foam trucks prospector statue and sign, overall view, Frontage Road, I-5, Albany, Oregon
Spray foam trucks prospector statue and sign, entire statue detail, Frontage Road, I-5, Albany, Oregon
Earl Schieb Auto Painting sign, upper detail, Olympic Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California
Blue Bird Truck Stop sign, Pryor Street, Atlanta, Georgia
More Skinny Used Car sign, Santa Fe Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado
Dependable Used Cars sign, Division Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan
St. Joseph Auto and Furniture Fabric slip cover sign, Saint Joseph, Missouri
Compton Car Wash, Rosecrans Avenue, Compton, California
Delta Queen Car Wash, side view, Hamilton Avenue near Bascom, Campbell, California
Delta Queen Car Wash, front view, Hamilton Avenue near Bascom, Campbell, California
Hillborn Top Shop formerly Gates Tires, tower view, Washington Place 7 Grandview, Mar Vista, California
