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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More gas pump (red), Nephi, Utah
More gas pump (blue), Nephi, Utah
Gas pump, Joplin, Montana
Skelly gas pump, Marshall, Minnesota
Silver gas pump, Dunkirk, Montana
Conoco gas pump, Rt 34, Utica, Nebraska
Old clockface gas pump, Wauneta, Nebraska
Old clockface gas pumps, Wauneta, Nebraska
Gas pump, Rt.441, Seymour, Tennessee
Malco gas pump, Rt. 285, Carlsbad, New Mexico
Sinclair gas pump, Main St., Pocatello, Idaho
Two red gas pumps, Rt. 89, Wilhoit, Arizona
Gas pump mail box, Tiny's Garage, Rt. 809, Demopolis, Alabama
Coastal gas pump (Dino), Rt. 80, Selma, Alabama
Coastal gas pump (100 Octane), Rt. 80, Selma, Alabama
Amoco gas pumps, Rt. 59, Seneca, South Carolina
Sinclair gas pump (frontal view), Rt. 49, Haw River, North Carolina
Sinclair gas pump (angle view), Rt. 49, Haw River, North Carolina
Golden Eagle gas pump (#2), San Diego, California
Five Golden Eagle gas pumps (#2), San Diego, California
Chevron gas pump, Jim Ruth Chevrolet, Home Gardens, California
Three Texaco gas pumps, Altadena, California
Gas pump, Sacramento, California
