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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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Visible gas pump, Route 37, New Lexington, Ohio
Sohio gas pumps and sign, Route 37, New Lexington, Ohio
Sohio gas pumps, gloves detail, Route 37, New Lexington, Ohio
Sinclair diesel gas pump, Route 37, New Lexington, Ohio
Union 76 gas pump, Route 73, Oakland, Ohio
Clockface gas pump, Route 6, Weston, Ohio
Skelly visible gas pump, Dresden, Missouri
Vickers gas pumps, Norwood, Missouri
Vickers gas pumps, Norwood, Missouri
Apache Canyon Trading Post, gas station, Routes 62 & 180, Whites City, New Mexico
Teepee at gas station, souvenir place, Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Old gas station, 7229 W. Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, California
Clockface pump, near Stamford, New York
Hulet Texaco gas pump (gray), Yulan, New York
Hulet Texaco gas pumps, Yulan, New York
Hulet Texaco gas pump (red), Yulan, New York
Four gas pumps, Yoder, Kansas
Three red gas pumps, S. Flores, San Antonio, Texas
Mobil gas pump, Windham, New York
Golden Eagle gas pump (#1), San Diego, California
Visible gas pump, Winnemucca, Nevada
Gulf gas pump, Waynesville, Ohio
Amoco Gold Crown gas pump detail, Brooklyn, Iowa
