The American Gas Station
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Our best-selling book on American car culture is now available in this new paperback edition! The American Gas Station is a nostalgic history of the service station and the American car culture it... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0879385944
ISBN13:9780879385941
Release Date:January 1992
Publisher:Motorbooks International
Length:160 Pages
Weight:2.48 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 10.3" x 10.4"
Customer Reviews
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Nostalgia
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
We bought this book as a Christmas present for my husband's 85-year-old uncle who used to own a Texaco station in Iowa. We thought he'd like it, but he LOVED it! He started skimming through it immediately, pointing at photos and talking with his grand-nephew all about the old days, old gas prices and pumps, and his own experiences at his station. It was the best present we ever bought him and certainly the best received present this Christmas, 2007.
This book gives the definitive history of the gas station.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Do you know when and where the first oil well was found? Did you know that in the early 1900's any shopkeeper with a curb and an idea could have his own commercial gas pump? Do you know what a lubester is? If these answers interest you, as well as the history of the rise of the gas station as we know it, check out The American Gas Station. Michael Witzel takes readers on a hundred fifty year tour of the gas and oil business, from the first gush in Titusville, PA, to the breakup of Standard Oil Company to the advent of self-service stations. Lots of interesting information and great photos - a treat for any automotive enthusiast. - Leila Dunbar, writer, Mobilia.com
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