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The American Gas Station: History and Folklore of Gas Stations in America |  | Author: Michael Karl Witzel
Publisher: MBI
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 203082
Media: Paperback
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10 x 9.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0760306494
Dewey Decimal Number: 629
EAN: 9780760306499
ASIN: 0760306494
Publication Date: December 13, 1998
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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 helped create. An exceptional chronicle of the birth of roadside architecture, the development of gasoline pumps, corporate trademarks, and gas station memorabilia. |
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Nostalgia January 12, 2008
Lisa C. Santana (CA USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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. March 12, 1999
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
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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