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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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DX gas pump, Perry, Oklahoma
Visible gas pump, detail, Jerome, Arizona
Visible gas pump, Route 95, New Meadows, Idaho
Phillips 66 gas pumps, Winchester, Idaho
Shamrock gas pump, Bridge Boulevard, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Gas pumps, Venita Street, Wauneta, Nebraska
Vickers gas pumps, Route 30, Plainview, Nebraska
Amoco gas pumps, Route 30, Plainview, Nebraska
Mobil gas pump, Main Street, Hay Springs, Nebraska
Rite Way gas pump, Route 30, Elm Creek, Nebraska
Rite Way gas pump, Route 30, Elm Creek, Nebraska
Gas pump, Vida, Montana
Gas pumps, Front Street, Fulda, Minnesota
Gas pump, Route 3, Kolstad, Minnesota
Penn Oil gas pumps, Route 6, Salem, Utah
Phillips 66 gas pumps, Route 60, Columbus, Wisconsin
Amoco gas pump, Columbus, Indiana
Gas pump, Route 129, Scipio, Indiana
Kerosene pump, Route 1, Ladysmith, Virginia
Spur gas pumps, Route 84, Valdosta, Georgia
Pure gas pump, Route 82, Willacoochee, Georgia
Gas pump, Route 80, west of Waskom, Waskom, Texas
Conoco gas pump, Route 64, Buffalo, Oklahoma
