Take a drive down memory lane with this rare collection of gasoline station photographs from both public and private collections, touring a much simpler time in American history. Since its inception in the early 1900s, the service station has been an icon of the American roadside and a catalyst of our childhood memories. Included is a brief history of the development of the gasoline station in the United States and details about many of the companies which punctuated the roadsides with their buildings, including the Standard companies, Cities, Mobil, Phillips, Gulf, Shell, Texaco, and Conoco._x000D_Filled with over 500 black and white photos, Roadside Memories captures the essence of American life over the first seventy years of this century. Captions provide station location and era identification. These nostalgic photos aid both the collector and historian interested filling up on high-grade service station pumps, classic advertising, architecture, and classic automobiles of the 1920s-70s. AUTHOR: his is Todd's second book with Schiffer Publishing. He resides in Lancaster, Ohio, with his wife, Rebecca, and their five year old black lab, Tequila. Chip resides in Tennessee. He and his father, Happy, operate an antique shop near their home and sponsor Dixie Gas, the largest "petroleum only" meet currently held in the South, every September.
