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Posted 2 years ago
EJW-54
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Picked this up today at estate sale, 11"x14" print on heavy paper. The strange thing is the cars are late 1940's and Visibles from the 1920's. By the 1940's Clockface pumps where being fased out with computer pumps, so could rural areas still have been useing Visibles? The car procession seems to be officials or funeral, looks like flags on 1st 2 cars. The closest pump has a Sinclair Globe, the far pump has a Skelly Globe. Looks like 5 people watching the cars go by. Im sure gonna frame this one up. Enjoy
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Amazing photo . And I think it looks like a funeral also , what a peaceful time to live in !
Thanks for sharing it
Nice photo. Some rural areas were still using visibles into the early 60's at small mom&pop style stations.
Thanks to Manikan, BeauxPurdy,oilman514,beachbomb and stonesfan1, yes Manikan, a peacefull time in the country, I remember well. Thanks oilman, I have seen photo's of a station with all 3, visible, clockface and computer.
Thanks to toolate2, chevy59,officialfuel,Vestaswind, trukn20 and sanhardin, glad you all loved this.
Thanks Kerry10456 and stonesfan1, glad you loved and liked this.
I think it's a great picture of what took over from the horse and buggy days.
That horse is lookin at those cars sayin, "What's them things goin by?"
Thanks MMM and Signaholic for love and comment. I thought the same thing about the horse!
Thanks to Hedgewalker, Designer and marcobabe13 for likes and loves, glad you checked this out.
Thanks olegaclockman47
Thanks hotkitties and gargoylecollector for likes and loves, glad you did!
Thanks junkmanjoe, glad you checked this out and love it.
In the smaller comunities they used the pumps till they fell apart,small gas stations off the main path,note the horse and buggy.I bet they didn't get a lot of customer's in automobile's LOL.
Thanks Trey and scandinavian, that must be a main road, looks concrete.
Thanks mtg75 for looking and glad you love it.
What a great picture,you have good taste,and are lucky.
Thanks Wendling, this is why I go to estate sales.
that pict seems to be saying "out with the old, in with the new"
Thanks mikielikesigns2, thats for sure, thanks for checking out my Show & Tell page and all the loves also.
Great photo, most unusual, too.
Thanks miKKoChristmas11, also packrat-place and filmnet