THE ARCHIVE / Themes
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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Ford Dealership, vertical view 1, 1300 Main Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon
The Whale Car Wash, N. 50th & Meridian, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Poverty Motors, Jefferson Avenue, Peoria, Illinois
Jones Motor Company, straight-on view, Broadway, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Jones Motor Company, angle II, Broadway, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Studebaker Showroom, three-quarter overall view, Route 40, West Atlantic City, New Jersey
Studebaker Showroom, Studebaker logo view, Route 40, West Atlantic City, New Jersey
Weld County Garage (and gas station), Routes 85 & 34, Greeley, Colorado
Octopus Car Wash, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Muffler Man II, Meineke Discount Mufflers, Charleston Avenue and D Street, West Columbia, South Carolina
Museum gas station, Route 20, McNary, Texas
Museum gas station, Route 20, McNary, Texas
Colonial Gasoline sign (eagle), Route 82, Pearson, Georgia
Lion Gasoline sign, Route 70, Hicks Station, Arkansas
Lion Gasoline sign, close up view, Route 70, Hicks Station, Arkansas
Colonial Gasoline sign (eagle), Route 80, Stilson, Georgia
Colonial Gasoline sign (Minuteman), Route 17, Waverly, Georgia
Colonial Gasoline sign (Minuteman), detail, Route 17, Waverly, Georgia
Sing Gasoline sign, Route 111, Calvery, Georgia
Dixie Gasoline sign, Rts. 19 & 41, Griffin, Georgia
SOC Gasoline sign, Route 17, Eulonia, Georgia
Ideal Gasoline sign, Route 27, Cedartown, Georgia
Jet gasoline sign, Route 85, Cheyenne, Wyoming
