My son doesn't believe me when I tell him when I worked at Texaco customers would drive in for $1.00 worth of regular and we would always check/fill air in all tires, wash all windows, pop hood check oil, water and battery water. Check each fan belt for cracks, radiator hoses, close hood, pump a dollar (about 4 gallons) of regular, all while asking how their families are and so on... All this while doing oil changes, brake jobs and any other work in the bays that came along. And why I still call them the best days of my life. Today I drive in for $80 dollars of unleaded, while pumping myself constantly looking around for car jackers approaching before I can jump back in flee before getting robbed.
Well that how they let are country come too .car jackers didn't exist back then.We had America made products too and the last American made one was zenith in Chicago Illinois. I remember all the factories there too.the country was doing fine .we let people from overseas take control of are great Nation. To be honest I'm poorer than my grandparents and I was born in this country and we let in illegal immigrants from Mexico they are talking all the jobs I can do .
Just show your son this scene from Back to the Future where Marty sees 4 guys in Texaco uniforms run out and service the car exactly as you told your son you used to do it this scene is very accurate - th-cam.com/video/WY2w2-CAKgM/w-d-xo.html
That`s why they were called "Service Stations". When you pulled up to a gas pump, your car got serviced! You could tip the attendent if you wanted to but it was not expected. You can take all the franchise convenience stores and send them to Alaska.....give me the "mom's and pop's" back.
I have a nasty surprise waiting on a punk car hijacker if he makes the mistake of fooling with me. I am always on guard while out and about, never letting my guard down.
@@davidtillwach5542 People from overseas literally founded this great nation. Many of the founding fathers were from Britain. European immigrants built this country and made it great. Today the vast majority of immigrants are not coming from overseas, but literally just south of us in Latin America.
Great memories. My first job was at a Sunoco station in 1970. Filler up, clean the windshield, check the oil, radiator coolant, and tire pressure. Days gone by.
I forgot all about the stack of tires with the one tire on top that was standing on end with the "advertizement" in the middle. I miss the old air line lying along the ground that rang the gas station's bell when you drove over it. And I'll bet most young kids have never seen a true oil "can" that was metal and you had to pierce it with a metal spout to get the oil out.
@@Tubes12AX7k Do I ever miss that. Since I'm in my later 70s and full or arthritis, I dread every time I have to go and pump my own gas. I don't mind being as independent as I can, but there are limits.
My dad was proprietor of a Sunoco station. He loved his customers and enjoyed taking good care of them. He had 3 bays and was an excellent mechanic. His place was always busy and people liked to visit with him. They asked him to be mayor and he wasn't interested. He loved his job and customer service was something he took pride in.
My first job was 1973 at a gas station in the town of Neuchâtel (french speaking part of Switzerland). I earned 1‘100 Swiss Francs per month. We had a day shift from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. and an evening shift from 4 p.m to 1 a.m (on Fridays and Saturdays to 2 a.m.) 1 week I had the day shift, the other week the evening shift. Always alone. On Fridays and Saturdays in the evening shift one could earn up to 100 Swiss Francs tip (in 1973!). A few years later there were only self-service gas stations left in Switzerland.
Yes, I have four of them, for "investment purposes" don't you know, I tell my wife. LOL. Actually, they appreciate nicely while this whole Biden economy is in the toilet now. Miss the 30-cent high octane gas (100) for them though, that they "drunk like sailors" in the 60's!! ;D LOL
I can remember when Dad would go to the ESSO station and the attendant would wash the windshield, check the oil and the tire pressure while pumping two dollars of gas. What a wonderful time to be a kid.
Yup, we did that and drove off without paying cuz the guys who owned the garage nodded at the kid doing the attending and he knew that Lou or George Pondella knew us, so free gas!! It was a whopping 30 cents/gallon, at their "Flying A" gas station anyway, in Glendale California, in the mid-sixties; far cheaper than bottled water which was a new thing then!! LOL ;D
@@greyghostscsa394 The 1950s were a nightmare for many people. I'll take today over anything back then. I like my conveniences and ability to travel all over the world without going bankrupt.
I got my drivers license @ 16 in 1971, I remember gas for .38 a gallon, self service had replaced most stations offering an attendant to pump it for you. I remember the Clang Clang of a bell as cars drove over the black hoses laid out to alert the attendant someone had driven in, or out. Or some one stomping on the hose! I remember Coke & Pepsi RC Cola & DR. Pepper selling for a Dime..then moving up later to .16 for a class bottle of soda. Maps of the city & state were for sale at the inside desk/register. The Bathrooms were Always a smelly mess with Condom machines mounted on the wall. There in OKC, I can remember the DX gas stations & Fina and Texaco were popular brands. I remember Bennie's DX on NW 23rd. St. His Tow truck had painted on the doors..Here Comes Bennie to Help a Friend. My second car was a 70 Olds 442, I Loved that car ! It got 9 mpg. and 12 on the highway. It had a 20 gallon fuel tank. Lets see .38 x 20 = $ 7.60 Good times for sure
Those were the days. I am pleased that one of your pictures showed gas prices. I am 75 years of age. When I talk to this generation of young people they look amazed when I tell them that I can remember when two "service stations" would get in a gas price war and drop their gas price down to $.17 a gallon.
Mr Hayes, I’m 81, I’m telling stories to my great grands that I heard from my grandparents. Us old timers have to pass it on, it’s the only way the youngsters will know how life was in the good old days.
Grampy, you are spot on. Maybe some of the high school "graduates" that we have nowadays will realize just how badly we are being screwed by our government and the Saudis. I am assuming that 2 out of 5 so-called high-school graduates can read and comprehend beyond a fifth grade level.
Remember what would happen when you ran over the rubber hose, ding, ding you had a customer, also a great hang out for young guys lot of memories thanks.
Love this. When I was in high school we would all chip in a quarter and fill the tank. Gas was 29 cents a gal. 6 teenagers in the car. Sometimes more. What fun we had.
@@TheHistoryLounge Yup, and if you had The Car for cruise nights, you never paid for gas, that was provide by your three other friends, and sometimes your "dinner" of burger, fries, and shake, at the drive -in of course!! LOL ;D
This video is so ironic to me. Seeing clips of Pineville KY in 1949, the place and year my mother was born. Sadly we lost her last year On top of that showing a clip of Lexington NC is where I was born very touching but yet warms my heart.
Better? Definitely not. Get in a crash in one of these wonderful old cars with absolutely no safety equipment and get badly injured or killed by slamming into the windshield, metal dashboard, rigid rearview mirror, unprotected steering column, and so on.
@@hebneh I'd much rather be surrounded by 5,000 lbs of solid steel, than crashing into a wall in a plastic bucket head first. That's why the government makes you buy all that safety garbage, your riding a skateboard on the freeway. Like always they produce "fixes" to problems they create.
@@HighCountryRambler Yes sir. There were a lot less cars on the roads and most drivers didn’t have the distractions of today. No freeways at 80+ mph to deal with. Road rage was unheard of. You never heard of multi car pileups. Yes, I’ll take those days anytime.
I’ve been blessed to have lived in both. Those were the times I would choose to live in over today. We didn’t take things for granted. We valued our customers and treated them with respect. They were our livelihood. Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end. But they did.
I would love to have some of those “old” cars today. They would be worth a fortune. Sherman, set the Wayback machine to 1955. I’m 77 and remember the fifties well. Those were the days.
So true ,,,after the 70 everything changed,, with all the new 🆕 drugs ect,,,,the dream was gone after that in My opinion. I'm only 45 but I love the old days. People had values and morals...
I grew up in a Skelly service station in the late 60s-early to mid 70s. Had an Imperial gas station next door and a Mobil Oil across the street. Being a pump jockey was a blast back then. Different time, different era.
"You Can Trust Your Car To The Man Who Wears The Star... The Big Bright Texaco Star"... (old tv commercial)... Growing up in the 50's in America was awesome (now, not so much) Thanks for the memories 👍
WOW! Such great and clear pictures! When I was a child (60's) I remember the guy that came out to the car at the pump would always say hello to dad by name and even hi to us kids in the back seat! He always offered to check under the hood and would wash windows while waiting for the pump to stop...as well as some friendly chat. We collected mugs from the station that had caveman comics on them (Grogs?). Incentive for doing business with that station after a bit of business with them. I rarely seen a "gas station" and they were almost always SERVICE stations as well. Oh the good old days....Like and subscribe for sure! Thanks so much for the pics and the memories!
You're very welcome - thanks for watching. Another viewer made the point that these were SERVICE stations - you are so right! Thanks for sharing your experiences!
It was The Summer of 1958. I was 12 going on 13 and my First job was working at an Esso full Service Gas Station located in the triangle at the beginning of Georgetown in Washington D. C. right where Pennsylvania Ave. ends at M St. N. W. It was called Georgetown Esso Service. And I would later go on to work at a Sunoco Station on Penn. Ave S. E. Just east of The old Sousa Bridge. And the last Gas Station I worked at just before joining The Marines, was located on South Capital Street S. W. near Eastover Shopping Center just before the Maryland line at the Oxon Hill area. If anyone out there remembers these old Gas Stations and The Areas I mentioned please let me know. God Bless.
This was an awesome road-trip back in time. I remember getting a red transistor radio with the Sinclair logo on it as a kid. Good memories. Thank you!!!!!
I think we really need to return to dressing appropriately and keeping up appearances again. It really says a lot about a culture that has standards and self respect. Boy have we been led astray. Thanks for the footage. Brings me back!
When you have adults wearing pajama's into the grocery store at 1 pm nothing will fix it. I enjoy grocery shopping on a Sunday afternoon in my 1949 Buick Road Master dressed to the 9's and seeing the reactions of people when you step out in a 3 piece suit of the same period. People today are slobs, dregs, and dress like hobo's. Give me back the time when a suit and tie was the norm and not looking like a slug.
I remember late 50s - early 70s my dad would take out of the glove compartment his mileage book to figure out how many miles to the gallon and my mother getting stamps.... those were the days ..... truly memorable .... how about a video just on the inside of these gas stations?.......
I was born in 1959 and as a kid growing up in the 1960's, I remember we always went to Standard Stations, or Chevron Dealers. They always had a display rack inside with free road maps. We never got the oil in the glass bottles; we got the oil can and you had a spout that was pushed into the metal lid (cutting a hole) and oil was poured into the motor from that. Full service only was the norm. I also remember they had a promo called Hula Dollars where you would get a game ticket when you bought gas, and if it matched up with a prize you would win that prize. it was Hawaiian themed and the gas station was decorated with south pacific decor, "Come to the Chevron Island" they said. I think there was also something called, "Wiki Wiki Dollars:. Good memories. Free air and water too. Drive in over the rubber hose which rang a bell to alert the staff of an arriving customer.
I worked at a Union 76 when I was a teenager. First, I had to find the fill pipe which was hidden very well in many of the old cars, especially the 55, 56 Chevys. Many were located behind the license plate. I had to check their oil and show them on the dip stick if it needed some added. I also installed wiper blades if they needed/wanted some. If they paid by credit card, I had to put the card in the machine with the carbon copy paper receipt, dial in the amount and then swipe back and forth before they signed it and I gave them their copy. When there were no customers, I would work on oil changes or scrape gaskets for the mechanic.
@@gs1100ed Yes, I had a 56 Belaire, in the 60's, and mostly did my own pumping to save 5 cents/gal but was fun to sometimes "torture" the attendant kid at the station looking for the fill pipe, being hidden in the left taillight that twisted and flopped down to expose the gas cap!! LOL ;D
The building at 7:22 is still there, no gas pumps now. I have a company that takes me into many different businesses. Last month I called on a Sunoco station that runs 5 service bays and an alignment shop with wrecker service. The other was originally a Mobil, then a Gulf, now a "no brand" with 2 service bays. Both stations are absolutely spot less and they have guys that pump your gas. What a trip back in time. No Twinkies being sold at either one.
I pumped gas back in the 70s. My tips were greater than the salary they paid me! I love all the coke and Pepsi machines in front of most of those stations. 6 cents!! Wow!
I remember those red Coke machines from the late 1950's and early 1960's and getting a small glass bottle of Coke for 5 cents. The glass bottle had a slight green tint to it. Some of those old red Coke machines only had Coke in it, and no other flavors. You had to drink the Coke at the gas station and leave the bottle there. If you wanted to take the bottle, you had to pay a 2 cents deposit.
I began driving in 1960 on Long Island, NY. If you watch this film again, look for gas price signs. Very few. A little later the state of NY made price signs mandatory for some reason. A few stations put up the price over the pumps but added the taxes. Before long, the signs law vanished. Prices were about 30 cents a gallon but in my neighborhood three stations at one intersection had a price war. The winner charged 24 cents a gallon. The losers began giving away dishes with full tanks. I loved those days and remember my mom’s stack of dishes from a loser station.
@@TheHistoryLounge - My mother was from the years of the depression. She also smoked A certain cigarette for which she could turn in coupons for goods. The family told her she should collect enough coupons to buy a lung machine. But she lived until 104.
@ lescobrandon3047-- I remember those cigarettes that had a coupon in every pack that you could redeem for various items. They were Raleigh and Belair cigarettes made by the Brown and Williamson company. When I was in high school in 1970, I got a part time job at a local Safeway grocery store. One of the things that I did there was to fill two vending machines with cigarettes. When you opened a carton of Raleigh or Belair, there were at least four or five extra bonus coupons in each carton. I didn't smoke, but I started saving these coupns. When I realized how many you needed to get something that was nice, I just gave them away to customers who smoked either Raleigh or Belair cigarettes. Back in 1970, a carton of cigarettes was $2.90 and a pack was 35 cents from the vending machines.
My first job as a 15 year old teenager in 1968. Front man at an Esso service station making $1 an hour. Side benefit to the job was cleaning windshields in the era of the mini skirt. LOL
3:39 Esso service station. My garage and gas station looks exactly the same in 2023. It's a Citgo station in Leola PA. Thank God some old school things stays in tact after 70 years. It feels like home. Love those good ole boys. ❤️
A lot of good WW2 vets bought or leased stations from the oil companies. You made a 20% profit on a gallon of gas not 2 or 3 cents. Then they established good service and repair reputations Many done very very well for themselves and sent their kids to college when you had to have money to go.
Wonderful. When citizens all worked for a living and those that didn't were shunned as bums. Law was followed and personal dignity was paramount and personal deportment as such was openly displayed. In short you took pride in yourself. Saturday was for washing the family sedan, yard work, haircuts and in summer, grilling in the freshly cut back lawn.😎
I'm impressed by the quality of colors in these because in several of the 1950s family album photos of mine they had a strange oversaturation of yellow in them!
i remember my sister and her friends would all pool their change together and drive to the 60 miles to the beach and 60 miles back- less than $1.50 worth of gas for the whole 120 mile beach run.
Very interesting and colorful video. Has to be restored to be of this quality! 4:54 Coleville, Ca. The Hammerbacher sign is still on that building. The other side says "since 1955"
After WW2, Chevron stations were franchises for veterans. Standard Oil was the parent company. I may be mistaken but prior to WW2, Standard stations were company owned and operated.
Great pictures. I remember in the 50s and 60s in California there would be two or three stations at the same intersection. My best friend's dad owned a station in Norwalk. We, being part of the car culture of the era, spent many hours there getting our hands greasy working on our hand-me-down cars. That was when you could still work on a car yourself.
I was born and raised in Southern California, too. Riverside and Newport Beach. The Union 76 station my folks traded at gave away coffee mugs at one time and in the early 60’s gave away a type of tumbler made of plastic with pencil sketched pictures of team members of the LA Dodgers. The two young guys that worked there knew my folks names, like the guy you describe, and always asked how they were doing. Days gone by…..
You still work on them the new cars that is. If you're very proficient with the laptop! I had laughed when I was watching one of these car shows they brought in an Old timer probably about my age because he was an expert. Something they couldn't do with the laptops and everything else they had. He installed a set of points and set the dwell.
Bonjour de ma Normandie , de la côte du débarquement. Je travaille dans le secteur automobile. Cette vidéo me fais rêver. Nous FRANCAIS de mon age ( 55) ans adorons ces scènes de cinéma avec ces stations services et ces Motels............belle Amérique qu'elle l'était...😇
I bought gas today at a Buc-ee's here in Daytona Beach, Florida. What a contrast Buc-ee's is compared to these gas stations from the 1950's. They have 104 gas pumps, and it was difficult to find one that was not being used. Their "convenience" store is huge at over 50,000 square feet.
I was just a kid when my Dad ran a “Service Station” on what is now the Yellowhead Highway. I remember having to wait until I was old enough to pump gas, wash the windows, check the oil and so on. No automatic shut off on the gas nozzle either. Most people bought $2.00 worth of fuel, $5.00 once in awhile and rarely $10.00. Sometimes customers would leave their rifles with my Dad if they didn’t have the cash on them to pay. Imagine walking into a gas bar now days with a rifle and saying “just keep my 303 until I come back with the cash” , I don’t think the outcome would be good. Love the old cars and I can name the model and year of most of them. 6 cent Coca-Cola too. Brings back lots of memories. Thank you.
Ha, hah! Great comments, and it's hilarious to hear about the rifle method of payment. I've never heard of that before. And yes, I bet the outcome today would be a lot different! Thanks for watching and for sharing your comments, @bobkate9885!
@@stephenholland5930 I’m not that well versed on European cars. Wasn’t that many around other than VWs. I think it’s English, not a bug eye or MG. I’ll guess a 50s Austin Healy. I did say “most” not all. 🤔. If you know, share the knowledge. Take care.
@@stephenholland5930 yes, rarely seen car but when we did as kids, we called them "Boston Pealies" like to "peal out" a tire. But most big American cars of the day did a far better job of "gettin' rubber" from a standing start!! LOL ;D
I can remember as early in the 90s when I was a teen, we had a gas station that was stuck in the 50s, about 5mi outside of town. We would go to the lake which was near by to go fishing and swimming. We would stop in this gas station run by Mr. Drake and his wife. They had to be in their 80s and were still at it. We would buy bait from him and his wife would make us homemade cut bologna sandwiches about an inch thick with cheese. They were so good and I miss going out there.
My dad worked at a gas station on Dabney Drive in Henderson, NC before going into the US Army in 1958. To this day he can rattle off the makes, models and years of those classic cars. I took him to an antique car show and he identified 20 or so cars with year and models--he was wrong on the year of one car, otherwise, his recall was perfect.
Jeff, I’m probably you’re Dad’s age or so. Cars were our lives back then. We had pride in ownership no matter the make, model, or condition. The little plastic pigs on the road today are just transportation. The thrill is gone. Good luck & health to your Dad.
Great stuff! I was born in 1944, so I was really getting into cars, structures (like Art Deco diners), etc. at the time of your pictures. St. Joseph, MO. Dec. 12, 2022. Remember "white gas"? It was the first unleaded gas. It wasn't really white but clear. Speaking of gasoline color, how many of you ever saw the Gulf high octane gas that was a beautiful purple in color? "Sinclair," the British way of saying St. Clair, still uses the dinosaur. We have several remodeled stations here in St. Joseph, MO, that added big beautiful dinosaurs at the street interection.
Hey Warren - thanks for sharing your memories and comments. I didn't know about the remodeled gas stations in St. Joseph, but I just pulled up some photos of the town, and it looks like you've got a lot of old restored buildings. A really classic looking downtown.
Farmers used purple gas. The Police used to carry around a siphon pump to check to make sure the farmers weren’t using purple gas in their cars or trucks. Purple gas was only for their farm equipment like combines, tractors and what not. Purple gas was cheaper (less tax) than normal pump gas . At least that’s what it was like in rural Western Canada. Times change for sure.
WOW!! You had 3 pictures of Pineville, KY which is/was just a small little mountain town in SE KY. Dad grew up there and I spent many summers in these parts in the '50's. You can see Chain Rock from this gas station. Residents in this little town used to think Chain Rock was the 8th Wonder of the World........LOL
When we go on vacation in the fifties I remember some gas stations had a glass dome on top where you could observe the gas flowing. I thought this was very cool.
I was born in 1955 so I got my license in 1971. Gas was .27 a gallon. When you pulled up the attendant would ask how much. You would say how many gal. or how much money. The guy would pump your gas, wash the windshield, and check the oil. AND NO SUCH THING AS TIPPING.
In this video, in Loomis Ca, I was 1 years old, living on King Rd, Now my cousin live there, I live in Auburn Ca, I went a long ways, lol, 6 miles, thank you, I love seeing those pictures
I’m tellin’ ya, I could smell some of those photos. Remember before Catalytic Converters and unleaded fuel? And even the used oil smelled different. The 6 cent Cokes! I remember nickel ones. 7 ounce. Very nice. Thank you.
I was a kid in the 50's and knew all the cars by year, make, model. Later, as a teen, I had a 1950 Olds with 56 Olds engine, 39 Cad Lasalle three speed tranny with Hurst floor shift, high-grab pressure plate. Got rubber in all three gears. Ate Mustangs for breakfast and Hemi's for afternoon snake. Yes - the good ole days.
I’d give anything to be able to go back and live in the 1950’s forever. America was a great country back then. A place you could be proud of. Today American is a nightmare that you can’t wake up from.
In my small town there were 5 service/gas stations within a block and a half of each other in the 60's. There were actually 9 gas stations in all in the town of 2,300 people. There were also 5 dealerships, Ford, Buick, Pontiac, Chevrolet and Chrysler.
The Oil embargo of 1973 was the beginning of the End those Great days. Gas stations began closing All Over town..Also the Government started regulating Smog Emissions, Was sad. Then the closed stations turned into all sorts of odd businesses. Flower shops ..fancy rugs for the home. U name it.
@@mikemiller659 I'll name it. A Chinese restaurant, now a Mexican restaurant. Another newer gas station. A bank. An insurance office. An auto body shop. A heating cooling business. A tire shop. Yes the emissions dropped the hp dramatically, big block Chrysler 440 went from 350-375 hp down to 225-265 or so.
@@username8171 Yes, I think the insurance companies had a role in the early muscle car days. Dynos of those engines built to spec were much higher HP, but the smog "doo hickeys" slapped on them really choked the life out of all cars' engines, with no real effect on pollution. But good news is today we can make them reborn in our shops. "It's alive, it's alive, its alive again; bring it to the dyno,... now Igor!! LOL :D
A buddy of mine worked at a gas station in the late fifties and when asked what he was doing at the station, he said "I'm pumping ethyl (gasoline of course)!
Born in 1945 I got my first car when I was 16 it was a 1955 Ford it had a 272 Y block v8 and a three speed Overdrive transmission I could drive all weekend cruising around town for $2 and always had one or two of my friends with me and they helped by the cash and the beer. 1961 it was a banner year for me I got my first car and lost my innocence in the backseat.
Good old Days before everyone became an A-hole cars had class along with the people who drove them life was simpler before the death invention of cell phones must admit I enjoyed watching this video
The History Lounge. Thank you for posting this great video. It brings back so many cherished and wonderful memories of the old days. Well now how about some of The old forgotten TV Shows from The Fifties? Well let's see. The Red Buttons Show, The Red Skelton Show, Police Station, Racket Squad, Public Defender, Public Prosecutor, Calling all Cars, The big Record, Highway Patrol, Four just Men, One Mans Family, Pride of The Family, Bourbon Street Beat, You bet your Life, The Halls of Ivy, Our Miss Brooks, The Little Red School House, Romper Room, Dragnet, Velocity Trap, Paris Precinct, Jamie, It's time for Joanie, I Married Joan, Outcasts of The City, No Hiding Place ( British ), Wonderful John Acton, The Bengal Lancers ( British ), Hawaiian Eye, Our Man Higgins, Bowling for Dollars, I remember Mama, Sunset Theater, Paladin, Mr. and Mrs. North, The Wednesday Night Fights, The Real McCoy's, The Pat Boone Chevy Show, CBS Mystery Theater, Sunday Mystery Theater, George Sanders Mystery Theater ( British ), The Dennis Day Show, The Donna Reed Show, The Loretta Young Show, The Martha Ray Show, The Alan Young Show, The Bill Goodwin Show, The Al Morgan Show, The Andy Williams Show, The Lawrence Welk Show, The Gary Moore Show, The Arlene Francis Show and so many others I can't remember anymore. I thought I would share this with my Fellow Old Timers. God Bless.
I love Lucy, Gunsmoke, Lone Ranger, Gene Autry, Arthur Godfrey, George Goeble, Jackie Gleason, Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Cisco Kid, Roy Rogers, 77 Sunset Strip, Diana Shore, Mickey Mouse Club, Phil Silvers...and more
@@bogee4u. OK My Friend. And Thank you very much. And the shows you wrote I can still remember well. Well how about some more from my decade of The 50'S? Laramie, The adventures of Jim Bowie, The Danny Thomas Show, The Jimmy Dean Show, The Tex Ritter Ranch Party Show, Hawkins Falls, Crawford Mystery Theater, Leave it to Larry, Janet Dean Registered Nurse, The Adventures of Seahawk, Bold Journey, Bold Venture, Diver Dan, The Jack La Lane Show, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Patty Page Chevy Show, The Patty Page Show, The Bob Hope Show, Coke time with Edie Fisher, The Edie Adams Show, Biff Baker U.S.A., Bowling on NBC, It's Alec Templeton Time, Raman of The Jungle, Mandrake The Magician, The voice of Firestone, This is Show Business, Saturday Review, Can you top this, The Eve Arden Show, Sgt. Preston of The Yukon, Hollywood Preview, Stories of The Century, That Wonderful Guy, The Detectives, Search for Tomorrow, Colt 45, The Arthur Godfrey Talent Search, Captain Midnight, Chiller Theater, Suspense, Suspense Theater, Make room for Daddy, Emergency Ward 10 ( British ), Ivanhoe ( British ) The Untouchables, The Buccaneers ( British ) Zorro, Duffy's Tavern, Horror Theater, The Bob Hope Chrysler Theater, Law Man, International Theater, Sea Hunt, Arthur Godfrey and Friends, Boris Karloff's Thriller, Walt Disney, Sherlock Holmes Theater, The Roaring Twenties, The Flying Doctor, Sky King and again many more great ones. Now will you please let me know what I forgot? Thank you so much for commenting back. God Bless.
I worked at a texaco station in early 70,s and it was alot of fun as you got to meet alot of people. the real buford pusser from the movie walking tall came to our station and i filled up his vette.
That's crazy! I haven't seen the movie, but just did a little research about Buford Pusser and up comes a photo of him in his Corvette. Turns out he died in that car!
I grew up in the 1940's & 50's in Richmond, VA on Ellwood Ave. (in what's now the "Carytown" area). My dad used to buy gas from Sam & Walter Guthrie's "Esso" station, on the corner of Cary St. & Colonial Ave. (Today it's 'Organic Small Plate", a restaurant). Across the street was the Carillon Theatre on the corner. (Today it's called 'Cartwheels & Coffee'). Holy Mackerel !! There's a '39 or '49 Mercury there at the Carter gas station in Sturgis, SD ( 1:12 )
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Not only did I love the pictures of the gas stations but the old cars were eye candy also.
You are right
My son doesn't believe me when I tell him when I worked at Texaco customers would drive in for $1.00 worth of regular and we would always check/fill air in all tires, wash all windows, pop hood check oil, water and battery water. Check each fan belt for cracks, radiator hoses, close hood, pump a dollar (about 4 gallons) of regular, all while asking how their families are and so on...
All this while doing oil changes, brake jobs and any other work in the bays that came along. And why I still call them the best days of my life. Today I drive in for $80 dollars of unleaded, while pumping myself constantly looking around for car jackers approaching before I can jump back in flee before getting robbed.
Well that how they let are country come too .car jackers didn't exist back then.We had America made products too and the last American made one was zenith in Chicago Illinois.
I remember all the factories there too.the country was doing fine .we let people from overseas take control of are great Nation.
To be honest I'm poorer than my grandparents and I was born in this country and we let in illegal immigrants from Mexico they are talking all the jobs I can do .
Just show your son this scene from Back to the Future where Marty sees 4 guys in Texaco uniforms run out and service the car exactly as you told your son you used to do it this scene is very accurate - th-cam.com/video/WY2w2-CAKgM/w-d-xo.html
That`s why they were called "Service Stations". When you pulled up to a gas pump, your car got serviced! You could tip the attendent if you wanted to but it was not expected. You can take all the franchise convenience stores and send them to Alaska.....give me the "mom's and pop's" back.
I have a nasty surprise waiting on a punk car hijacker if he makes the mistake of fooling with me. I am always on guard while out and about, never letting my guard down.
@@davidtillwach5542 People from overseas literally founded this great nation. Many of the founding fathers were from Britain. European immigrants built this country and made it great. Today the vast majority of immigrants are not coming from overseas, but literally just south of us in Latin America.
Great memories. My first job was at a Sunoco station in 1970. Filler up, clean the windshield, check the oil, radiator coolant, and tire pressure. Days gone by.
Days gone by indeed... Thanks for your comments!
I forgot all about the stack of tires with the one tire on top that was standing on end with the "advertizement" in the middle. I miss the old air line lying along the ground that rang the gas station's bell when you drove over it. And I'll bet most young kids have never seen a true oil "can" that was metal and you had to pierce it with a metal spout to get the oil out.
@@Tubes12AX7k Do I ever miss that. Since I'm in my later 70s and full or arthritis, I dread every time I have to go and pump my own gas. I don't mind being as independent as I can, but there are limits.
My dad was proprietor of a Sunoco station. He loved his customers and enjoyed taking good care of them. He had 3 bays and was an excellent mechanic. His place was always busy and people liked to visit with him. They asked him to be mayor and he wasn't interested. He loved his job and customer service was something he took pride in.
My first job was 1973 at a gas station in the town of Neuchâtel (french speaking part of Switzerland).
I earned 1‘100 Swiss Francs per month. We had a day shift from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. and an evening shift from 4 p.m to 1 a.m (on Fridays and Saturdays to 2 a.m.) 1 week I had the day shift, the other week the evening shift. Always alone.
On Fridays and Saturdays in the evening shift one could earn up to 100 Swiss Francs tip (in 1973!).
A few years later there were only self-service gas stations left in Switzerland.
Nothing beats pulling into a filling station and hearing the ding ding and the sweet smell.
Oh boy I was a little girl back then but I remember some of those cars. Today you see them in classic car shows. So nice !!!!!
Yes, I have four of them, for "investment purposes" don't you know, I tell my wife. LOL. Actually, they appreciate nicely while this whole Biden economy is in the toilet now. Miss the 30-cent high octane gas (100) for them though, that they "drunk like sailors" in the 60's!! ;D LOL
I can remember when Dad would go to the ESSO station and the attendant would wash the windshield, check the oil and the tire pressure while pumping two dollars of gas. What a wonderful time to be a kid.
Yup, we did that and drove off without paying cuz the guys who owned the garage nodded at the kid doing the attending and he knew that Lou or George Pondella knew us, so free gas!! It was a whopping 30 cents/gallon, at their "Flying A" gas station anyway, in Glendale California, in the mid-sixties; far cheaper than bottled water which was a new thing then!! LOL ;D
Ahhh, the good old days. Would trade them for now in a heartbeat.
I think a lot of people agree with you, Mike!
People knew what gender they were and what restroom to use.
I’d give anything to be able to live in the 1950’s forever. America today is a disgusting nightmare.
@@gregdolecki8530 🤣🤣🤣 Found an AH in the wild.
@@greyghostscsa394 The 1950s were a nightmare for many people. I'll take today over anything back then. I like my conveniences and ability to travel all over the world without going bankrupt.
I got my drivers license @ 16 in 1971, I remember gas for .38 a gallon, self service had replaced most stations offering an attendant to pump it for you. I remember the Clang Clang of a bell as cars drove over the black hoses laid out to alert the attendant someone had driven in, or out. Or some one stomping on the hose! I remember Coke & Pepsi RC Cola & DR. Pepper selling for a Dime..then moving up later to .16 for a class bottle of soda. Maps of the city & state were for sale at the inside desk/register. The Bathrooms were Always a smelly mess with Condom machines mounted on the wall. There in OKC, I can remember the DX gas stations & Fina and Texaco were popular brands. I remember Bennie's DX on NW 23rd. St. His Tow truck had painted on the doors..Here Comes Bennie to Help a Friend. My second car was a 70 Olds 442, I Loved that car ! It got 9 mpg. and 12 on the highway. It had a 20 gallon fuel tank. Lets see .38 x 20 = $ 7.60 Good times for sure
Those were the days. I am pleased that one of your pictures showed gas prices. I am 75 years of age. When I talk to this generation of young people they look amazed when I tell them that I can remember when two "service stations" would get in a gas price war and drop their gas price down to $.17 a gallon.
Mr Hayes,
I’m 81, I’m telling stories to my great grands that I heard from my grandparents.
Us old timers have to pass it on, it’s the only way the youngsters will know how life was in the good old days.
Hi 👋 what a difference we have today,,,,ahhh ..I would love to go to those times ,,,even tho I'm only 45 I love the old times .
Grampy, you are spot on. Maybe some of the high school "graduates" that we have nowadays will realize just how badly we are being screwed by our government and the Saudis. I am assuming that 2 out of 5 so-called high-school graduates can read and comprehend beyond a fifth grade level.
Remember what would happen when you ran over the rubber hose, ding, ding you had a customer, also a great hang out for young guys lot of memories thanks.
Love this. When I was in high school we would all chip in a quarter and fill the tank. Gas was 29 cents a gal. 6 teenagers in the car. Sometimes more. What fun we had.
Sounds like a great time, Jean!
@@TheHistoryLounge Yup, and if you had The Car for cruise nights, you never paid for gas, that was provide by your three other friends, and sometimes your "dinner" of burger, fries, and shake, at the drive -in of course!! LOL ;D
It's all fun and games till we burst into flames.
Really well done. Love nostalgia and Americana.
This video is so ironic to me. Seeing clips of Pineville KY in 1949, the place and year my mother was born. Sadly we lost her last year On top of that showing a clip of Lexington NC is where I was born very touching but yet warms my heart.
When life was better and we didn't realize it until we look back!
Better? Definitely not. Get in a crash in one of these wonderful old cars with absolutely no safety equipment and get badly injured or killed by slamming into the windshield, metal dashboard, rigid rearview mirror, unprotected steering column, and so on.
@@hebneh I'd much rather be surrounded by 5,000 lbs of solid steel, than crashing into a wall in a plastic bucket head first. That's why the government makes you buy all that safety garbage, your riding a skateboard on the freeway. Like always they produce "fixes" to problems they create.
@@HighCountryRambler
Yes sir. There were a lot less cars on the roads and most drivers didn’t have the distractions of today. No freeways at 80+ mph to deal with. Road rage was unheard of. You never heard of multi car pileups. Yes, I’ll take those days anytime.
I’ve been blessed to have lived in both. Those were the times I would choose to live in over today. We didn’t take things for granted. We valued our customers and treated them with respect. They were our livelihood.
Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end. But they did.
@@HighCountryRambler that solid steel only serves to completely crush and destroy you, the plastic crumples and absorbs the impact
All those beautiful cars
I would love to have some of those “old” cars today. They would be worth a fortune. Sherman, set the Wayback machine to 1955. I’m 77 and remember the fifties well. Those were the days.
Most of American golden age !
Yes, it’s a golden times for America! Hello from Russia 🙋♂️
Before Lyndon Johnson.
@@totallysmooth1203 That Dirty Bastard.
@@totallysmooth1203 yes and the Viet Nam war!!
So true ,,,after the 70 everything changed,, with all the new 🆕 drugs ect,,,,the dream was gone after that in My opinion.
I'm only 45 but I love the old days. People had values and morals...
Yes I do miss the days of having someone check the oil wash the windshields while they were pumping! Made a lot of friends I love old America!
I can watch stuff like this all day long, is truly amazing!❤
I grew up in a Skelly service station in the late 60s-early to mid 70s. Had an Imperial gas station next door and a Mobil Oil across the street. Being a pump jockey was a blast back then. Different time, different era.
6:18 - That's a '61 / '62 Maryland tag on that beautiful '56 Belaire.
"You Can Trust Your Car To The Man Who Wears The Star... The Big Bright Texaco Star"... (old tv commercial)... Growing up in the 50's in America was awesome (now, not so much) Thanks for the memories 👍
Beautiful Times....... thanks for sharing....
WOW! Such great and clear pictures! When I was a child (60's) I remember the guy that came out to the car at the pump would always say hello to dad by name and even hi to us kids in the back seat! He always offered to check under the hood and would wash windows while waiting for the pump to stop...as well as some friendly chat. We collected mugs from the station that had caveman comics on them (Grogs?). Incentive for doing business with that station after a bit of business with them.
I rarely seen a "gas station" and they were almost always SERVICE stations as well. Oh the good old days....Like and subscribe for sure! Thanks so much for the pics and the memories!
You're very welcome - thanks for watching. Another viewer made the point that these were SERVICE stations - you are so right! Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Yes, And How About The S&H Green Stamps. They Gave Those Out Like The Grocery Stores Did.
AND I believe some stations gave out gas stamps too ?
@@charlesmurray4013 yup, save up ten books and you might get a new clock radio made in Japan, (not China) in those days, that still works today!! ;D
It was The Summer of 1958. I was 12 going on 13 and my First job was working at an Esso full Service Gas Station located in the triangle at the beginning of Georgetown in Washington D. C. right where Pennsylvania Ave. ends at M St. N. W. It was called Georgetown Esso Service. And I would later go on to work at a Sunoco Station on Penn. Ave S. E. Just east of The old Sousa Bridge. And the last Gas Station I worked at just before joining The Marines, was located on South Capital Street S. W. near Eastover Shopping Center just before the Maryland line at the Oxon Hill area. If anyone out there remembers these old Gas Stations and The Areas I mentioned please let me know. God Bless.
This was an awesome road-trip back in time. I remember getting a red transistor radio with the Sinclair logo on it as a kid. Good memories. Thank you!!!!!
Outstanding high definition resolution!
Thank you!
@@TheHistoryLounge Thank you! Dave...
I think we really need to return to dressing appropriately and keeping up appearances again. It really says a lot about a culture that has standards and self respect. Boy have we been led astray. Thanks for the footage. Brings me back!
Called having a job..
Absolutely.. we have it all so wrong now
That ship 🚢 has sailed
Those days are over , progress bull , shootings , kid's don't respect anyone . Inflation gone wild corruption in government . It was a simple times.
When you have adults wearing pajama's into the grocery store at 1 pm nothing will fix it. I enjoy grocery shopping on a Sunday afternoon in my 1949 Buick Road Master dressed to the 9's and seeing the reactions of people when you step out in a 3 piece suit of the same period. People today are slobs, dregs, and dress like hobo's. Give me back the time when a suit and tie was the norm and not looking like a slug.
I remember late 50s - early 70s my dad would take out of the glove compartment his mileage book to figure out how many miles to the gallon and my mother getting stamps.... those were the days ..... truly memorable .... how about a video just on the inside of these gas stations?.......
I was born in 1959 and as a kid growing up in the 1960's, I remember we always went to Standard Stations, or Chevron Dealers. They always had a display rack inside with free road maps. We never got the oil in the glass bottles; we got the oil can and you had a spout that was pushed into the metal lid (cutting a hole) and oil was poured into the motor from that. Full service only was the norm. I also remember they had a promo called Hula Dollars where you would get a game ticket when you bought gas, and if it matched up with a prize you would win that prize. it was Hawaiian themed and the gas station was decorated with south pacific decor, "Come to the Chevron Island" they said. I think there was also something called, "Wiki Wiki Dollars:. Good memories. Free air and water too. Drive in over the rubber hose which rang a bell to alert the staff of an arriving customer.
It was a right of passage for all high school teenage boys to work in a gas station. I did and the station looked just like these.
Awesome!
and pitching quarters ? or drawing Coke bottles .?
I worked at a Union 76 when I was a teenager. First, I had to find the fill pipe which was hidden very well in many of the old cars, especially the 55, 56 Chevys. Many were located behind the license plate. I had to check their oil and show them on the dip stick if it needed some added. I also installed wiper blades if they needed/wanted some. If they paid by credit card, I had to put the card in the machine with the carbon copy paper receipt, dial in the amount and then swipe back and forth before they signed it and I gave them their copy. When there were no customers, I would work on oil changes or scrape gaskets for the mechanic.
@@gs1100ed Yes, I had a 56 Belaire, in the 60's, and mostly did my own pumping to save 5 cents/gal but was fun to sometimes "torture" the attendant kid at the station looking for the fill pipe, being hidden in the left taillight that twisted and flopped down to expose the gas cap!! LOL ;D
The building at 7:22 is still there, no gas pumps now. I have a company that takes me into many different businesses. Last month I called on a Sunoco station that runs 5 service bays and an alignment shop with wrecker service. The other was originally a Mobil, then a Gulf, now a "no brand" with 2 service bays. Both stations are absolutely spot less and they have guys that pump your gas. What a trip back in time. No Twinkies being sold at either one.
Life will never be like this again, never.
I pumped gas back in the 70s. My tips were greater than the salary they paid me! I love all the coke and Pepsi machines in front of most of those stations. 6 cents!! Wow!
I remember those red Coke machines from the late 1950's and early 1960's and getting a small glass bottle of Coke for 5 cents. The glass bottle had a slight green tint to it.
Some of those old red Coke machines only had Coke in it, and no other flavors. You had to drink the Coke at the gas station and leave the bottle there. If you wanted to take the bottle, you had to pay a 2 cents deposit.
Please add more! Dave...
I began driving in 1960 on Long Island, NY. If you watch this film again, look for gas price signs. Very few. A little later the state of NY made price signs mandatory for some reason. A few stations put up the price over the pumps but added the taxes. Before long, the signs law vanished. Prices were about 30 cents a gallon but in my neighborhood three stations at one intersection had a price war. The winner charged 24 cents a gallon. The losers began giving away dishes with full tanks. I loved those days and remember my mom’s stack of dishes from a loser station.
I never heard of this - very interesting! And free dishes - that's hilarious! Kind of like glasses that came with Happy Meals - "collect them all!"
@@TheHistoryLounge - My mother was from the years of the depression. She also smoked A certain cigarette for which she could turn in coupons for goods. The family told her she should collect enough coupons to buy a lung machine. But she lived until 104.
@ lescobrandon3047-- I remember those cigarettes that had a coupon in every pack that you could redeem for various items. They were Raleigh and Belair cigarettes made by the Brown and Williamson company.
When I was in high school in 1970, I got a part time job at a local Safeway grocery store. One of the things that I did there was to fill two vending machines with cigarettes. When you opened a carton of Raleigh or Belair, there were at least four or five extra bonus coupons in each carton. I didn't smoke, but I started saving these coupns. When I realized how many you needed to get something that was nice, I just gave them away to customers who smoked either Raleigh or Belair cigarettes.
Back in 1970, a carton of cigarettes was $2.90 and a pack was 35 cents from the vending machines.
Took me back there. Thanks!
I'm really glad to hear that. Thanks for watching!
My first job as a 15 year old teenager in 1968. Front man at an Esso service station making $1 an hour. Side benefit to the job was cleaning windshields in the era of the mini skirt. LOL
Too funny...my brother had a friend who worked at a service station and said the same thing. In fact married one of the mini skirts.
3:39 Esso service station. My garage and gas station looks exactly the same in 2023. It's a Citgo station in Leola PA. Thank God some old school things stays in tact after 70 years. It feels like home. Love those good ole boys. ❤️
enjoyed this much.grew up in the 50,s thank you.
I'm glad you liked it, Larry. Thanks for watching!
A lot of good WW2 vets bought or leased stations from the oil companies. You made a 20% profit on a gallon of gas not 2 or 3 cents. Then they established good service and repair reputations Many done very very well for themselves and sent their kids to college when you had to have money to go.
Wonderful. When citizens all worked for a living and those that didn't were shunned as bums.
Law was followed and personal dignity was paramount and personal deportment as such was openly displayed. In short you took pride in yourself.
Saturday was for washing the family sedan, yard work, haircuts and in summer, grilling in the freshly cut back lawn.😎
I'm impressed by the quality of colors in these because in several of the 1950s family album photos of mine they had a strange oversaturation of yellow in them!
i remember my sister and her friends would all pool their change together and drive to the 60 miles to the beach and 60 miles back- less than $1.50 worth of gas for the whole 120 mile beach run.
Very interesting and colorful video. Has to be restored to be of this quality! 4:54 Coleville, Ca. The Hammerbacher sign is still on that building. The other side says "since 1955"
Thanks - that's cool to know that sign is still in the same spot on the same building.
wow , cool
Remember the bell that would ring when you pulled in and drove over the rubber tube?? Memories...
My dad owned and operated a Quaker State gas station and hated it when that bell went off while it was raining.
And then it went off again when you drive out!!
After WW2, Chevron stations were franchises for veterans. Standard Oil was the parent company. I may be mistaken but prior to WW2, Standard stations were company owned and operated.
Wonderful video ! Take me back to the 1950's !! Great time period.
Great pictures. I remember in the 50s and 60s in California there would be two or three stations at the same intersection. My best friend's dad owned a station in Norwalk. We, being part of the car culture of the era, spent many hours there getting our hands greasy working on our hand-me-down cars. That was when you could still work on a car yourself.
I was born and raised in Southern California, too. Riverside and Newport Beach. The Union 76 station my folks traded at gave away coffee mugs at one time and in the early 60’s gave away a type of tumbler made of plastic with pencil sketched pictures of team members of the LA Dodgers. The two young guys that worked there knew my folks names, like the guy you describe, and always asked how they were doing.
Days gone by…..
You still work on them the new cars that is. If you're very proficient with the laptop! I had laughed when I was watching one of these car shows they brought in an Old timer probably about my age because he was an expert. Something they couldn't do with the laptops and everything else they had. He installed a set of points and set the dwell.
Bonjour de ma Normandie , de la côte du débarquement. Je travaille dans le secteur automobile. Cette vidéo me fais rêver. Nous FRANCAIS de mon age ( 55) ans adorons ces scènes de cinéma avec ces stations services et ces Motels............belle Amérique qu'elle l'était...😇
@@flavienlemoal8155 sure wish I could read French. Or if Google would translate as it sometime does. I find interesting to see what people have to say
@@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025 Good afternoon to my Normandy. You can to click right and alter You click ( Translate to English ) it's possible......
I bought gas today at a Buc-ee's here in Daytona Beach, Florida. What a contrast Buc-ee's is compared to these gas stations from the 1950's. They have 104 gas pumps, and it was difficult to find one that was not being used. Their "convenience" store is huge at over 50,000 square feet.
Haha - great comparison. Buc-ee’s is a sight to see!!! Quite a change from the times shown in this video indeed!
Great video. Happy people, no graffiti
Thanks, TK. Great point on the graffiti - even our local city parks where I live are now covered in it - it makes me mad.
I was just a kid when my Dad ran a “Service Station” on what is now the Yellowhead Highway. I remember having to wait until I was old enough to pump gas, wash the windows, check the oil and so on. No automatic shut off on the gas nozzle either. Most people bought $2.00 worth of fuel, $5.00 once in awhile and rarely $10.00. Sometimes customers would leave their rifles with my Dad if they didn’t have the cash on them to pay. Imagine walking into a gas bar now days with a rifle and saying “just keep my 303 until I come back with the cash” , I don’t think the outcome would be good. Love the old cars and I can name the model and year of most of them. 6 cent Coca-Cola too. Brings back lots of memories. Thank you.
Ha, hah! Great comments, and it's hilarious to hear about the rifle method of payment. I've never heard of that before. And yes, I bet the outcome today would be a lot different! Thanks for watching and for sharing your comments, @bobkate9885!
Can you name the white car at 06:35?
@@stephenholland5930 I’m not that well versed on European cars. Wasn’t that many around other than VWs. I think it’s English, not a bug eye or MG. I’ll guess a 50s Austin Healy. I did say “most” not all. 🤔. If you know, share the knowledge. Take care.
I think it's an Austin Healey 100, just from the distinctive shape of the dashboard.
@@stephenholland5930 yes, rarely seen car but when we did as kids, we called them "Boston Pealies" like to "peal out" a tire. But most big American cars of the day did a far better job of "gettin' rubber" from a standing start!! LOL ;D
I can remember as early in the 90s when I was a teen, we had a gas station that was stuck in the 50s, about 5mi outside of town. We would go to the lake which was near by to go fishing and swimming. We would stop in this gas station run by Mr. Drake and his wife. They had to be in their 80s and were still at it. We would buy bait from him and his wife would make us homemade cut bologna sandwiches about an inch thick with cheese. They were so good and I miss going out there.
This video popped up on my feed. Amazing video. Everything looks awesome.
I'm glad you liked it - thanks for watching and for commenting!
My dad worked at a gas station on Dabney Drive in Henderson, NC before going into the US Army in 1958. To this day he can rattle off the makes, models and years of those classic cars. I took him to an antique car show and he identified 20 or so cars with year and models--he was wrong on the year of one car, otherwise, his recall was perfect.
Jeff, I’m probably you’re Dad’s age or so. Cars were our lives back then. We had pride in ownership no matter the make, model, or condition. The little plastic pigs on the road today are just transportation. The thrill is gone. Good luck & health to your Dad.
Great stuff! I was born in 1944, so I was really getting into cars, structures (like Art Deco diners), etc. at the time of your pictures. St. Joseph, MO. Dec. 12, 2022. Remember "white gas"? It was the first unleaded gas. It wasn't really white but clear. Speaking of gasoline color, how many of you ever saw the Gulf high octane gas that was a beautiful purple in color? "Sinclair," the British way of saying St. Clair, still uses the dinosaur. We have several remodeled stations here in St. Joseph, MO, that added big beautiful dinosaurs at the street interection.
Hey Warren - thanks for sharing your memories and comments. I didn't know about the remodeled gas stations in St. Joseph, but I just pulled up some photos of the town, and it looks like you've got a lot of old restored buildings. A really classic looking downtown.
Yep. I remember dad getting me to go to gas station for 1 gallon of white gas for our camping trip and the Coleman stove.
Shamrock 1970 ,
Farmers used purple gas. The Police used to carry around a siphon pump to check to make sure the farmers weren’t using purple gas in their cars or trucks. Purple gas was only for their farm equipment like combines, tractors and what not. Purple gas was cheaper (less tax) than normal pump gas . At least that’s what it was like in rural Western Canada. Times change for sure.
And remember the smell of that high octane purple was even better
WOW!! You had 3 pictures of Pineville, KY which is/was just a small little mountain town in SE KY. Dad grew up there and I spent many summers in these parts in the '50's. You can see Chain Rock from this gas station. Residents in this little town used to think Chain Rock was the 8th Wonder of the World........LOL
When 1950's America was better than 2023's America.
When we go on vacation in the fifties I remember some gas stations had a glass dome on top where you could observe the gas flowing. I thought this was very cool.
I remember the glass dome, too. As a 5 year old it would seem neat to watch. I believe it was at an Apco station.
And no guy with a turban
Awesome video!
Thank you, Trent! Glad you liked it!
only but a memory now...thank you!
I was born in 1955 so I got my license in 1971. Gas was .27 a gallon.
When you pulled up the attendant would ask how much.
You would say how many gal. or how much money.
The guy would pump your gas, wash the windshield, and check the oil.
AND NO SUCH THING AS TIPPING.
Need to see this especially with the garbage around nowadays
70 years from now no one is going to be reminiscing about a BP Convenience Mart
Pumped gas. Filled tires. Checked oil. Guy thanked you too
Nice pics Thanks for posting!!👍👍
Thank you for watching!
Love the music
Hey Beth - glad to hear it. Thanks for watching!
70's jazz?
In this video, in Loomis Ca, I was 1 years old, living on King Rd, Now my cousin live there, I live in Auburn Ca, I went a long ways, lol, 6 miles, thank you, I love seeing those pictures
I wish those days were still today, those were the best 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Great imagery,not sure if the Super Fly funk lava lamp music is period correct though lol
Ha, hah - Thanks - (and yes, you're totally right about the music!)
@@TheHistoryLounge I really thought that the music's sound was quite fitting.
I’m tellin’ ya, I could smell some of those photos. Remember before Catalytic Converters and unleaded fuel? And even the used oil smelled different. The 6 cent Cokes! I remember nickel ones. 7 ounce. Very nice. Thank you.
Great pictures. Some look more like cartoon drawings. Still very good I like the cars. A blast back to my past.
"Trust your car to the man with the star!"
That was the advertising slogan for Texaco.
I used to fill up the tank on my Ford Falcon (they would pump it) for $3. Those were the days.
I LOVE THIS ,MORE PLEASE.
I was a kid in the 50's and knew all the cars by year, make, model. Later, as a teen, I had a 1950 Olds with 56 Olds engine, 39 Cad Lasalle three speed tranny with Hurst floor shift, high-grab pressure plate. Got rubber in all three gears. Ate Mustangs for breakfast and Hemi's for afternoon snake. Yes - the good ole days.
Hey, Jerry - Great comment and great cars!
I know the feeling Jungo Jerry I’ve been an Oldsmobile man for over 70+ years. I love sitting behind the rocket on and under the hood.
Half of those signs are in Mike and Frank's antique archeology store in Iowa
The American Pickers!!
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I’d give anything to be able to go back and live in the 1950’s forever. America was a great country back then. A place you could be proud of. Today American is a nightmare that you can’t wake up from.
Maybe there is that special place we loved when we pass. Until then there are still some good people out there. Seek them!
Congratulations! The perfect song in a wonderful video!
Back when America was a wonderful nation before it was destroyed.
George McFly in the thumbnail!
This was before George McFly got married and had his son Marty.
EXCELLENT video! Keep 'em coming just like this one, please! Oh yes.. one more comment... DING DING!
In my small town there were 5 service/gas stations within a block and a half of each other in the 60's. There were actually 9 gas stations in all in the town of 2,300 people. There were also 5 dealerships, Ford, Buick, Pontiac, Chevrolet and Chrysler.
The Oil embargo of 1973 was the beginning of the End those Great days. Gas stations began closing All Over town..Also the Government started regulating Smog Emissions, Was sad. Then the closed stations turned into all sorts of odd businesses. Flower shops ..fancy rugs for the home. U name it.
@@mikemiller659 I'll name it. A Chinese restaurant, now a Mexican restaurant. Another newer gas station. A bank. An insurance office. An auto body shop. A heating cooling business. A tire shop. Yes the emissions dropped the hp dramatically, big block Chrysler 440 went from 350-375 hp down to 225-265 or so.
@@username8171 Yes, I think the insurance companies had a role in the early muscle car days. Dynos of those engines built to spec were much higher HP, but the smog "doo hickeys" slapped on them really choked the life out of all cars' engines, with no real effect on pollution. But good news is today we can make them reborn in our shops. "It's alive, it's alive, its alive again; bring it to the dyno,... now Igor!! LOL :D
back when you could turn on a tv and actually enjoy the commercials instead of now fast forwarding them fast as you can to keep from getting sick !
Remember that alkaselser kid?
Had a box for a body and pill for a head.
So true so true.
Greetings from Brooklyn NY.
A buddy of mine worked at a gas station in the late fifties and when asked what he was doing at the station, he said "I'm pumping ethyl (gasoline of course)!
😆 Good one!
Beautiful pictures. Pitty though...Music don't match the video. Wish they'd selected from a more appropriate Playlist.
Look at those beautiful vehicles
Born in 1945 I got my first car when I was 16 it was a 1955 Ford it had a 272 Y block v8 and a three speed
Overdrive transmission I could drive all weekend cruising around town for $2 and always had one or two of my friends with me and they helped by the cash and the beer. 1961 it was a banner year for me I got my first car and lost my innocence in the backseat.
Well done video. Thanks
Thanks, George!
Great video my Grandfather used to have 2 Pure Oil stations, he also delivered home heating oil.
Good old Days before everyone became an A-hole cars had class along with the people who drove them life was simpler before the death invention of cell phones must admit I enjoyed watching this video
Great comments. It definitely did appear to be a classier time!
Before people thought they could "multi-task" while driving.
Everything looks so clean!
The History Lounge. Thank you for posting this great video. It brings back so many cherished and wonderful memories of the old days. Well now how about some of The old forgotten TV Shows from The Fifties? Well let's see. The Red Buttons Show, The Red Skelton Show, Police Station, Racket Squad, Public Defender, Public Prosecutor, Calling all Cars, The big Record, Highway Patrol, Four just Men, One Mans Family, Pride of The Family, Bourbon Street Beat, You bet your Life, The Halls of Ivy, Our Miss Brooks, The Little Red School House, Romper Room, Dragnet, Velocity Trap, Paris Precinct, Jamie, It's time for Joanie, I Married Joan, Outcasts of The City, No Hiding Place ( British ), Wonderful John Acton, The Bengal Lancers ( British ), Hawaiian Eye, Our Man Higgins, Bowling for Dollars, I remember Mama, Sunset Theater, Paladin, Mr. and Mrs. North, The Wednesday Night Fights, The Real McCoy's, The Pat Boone Chevy Show, CBS Mystery Theater, Sunday Mystery Theater, George Sanders Mystery Theater ( British ), The Dennis Day Show, The Donna Reed Show, The Loretta Young Show, The Martha Ray Show, The Alan Young Show, The Bill Goodwin Show, The Al Morgan Show, The Andy Williams Show, The Lawrence Welk Show, The Gary Moore Show, The Arlene Francis Show and so many others I can't remember anymore. I thought I would share this with my Fellow Old Timers. God Bless.
I love Lucy, Gunsmoke, Lone Ranger, Gene Autry, Arthur Godfrey, George Goeble, Jackie Gleason, Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Cisco Kid, Roy Rogers, 77 Sunset Strip, Diana Shore, Mickey Mouse Club, Phil Silvers...and more
@@bogee4u. OK My Friend. And Thank you very much. And the shows you wrote I can still remember well. Well how about some more from my decade of The 50'S? Laramie, The adventures of Jim Bowie, The Danny Thomas Show, The Jimmy Dean Show, The Tex Ritter Ranch Party Show, Hawkins Falls, Crawford Mystery Theater, Leave it to Larry, Janet Dean Registered Nurse, The Adventures of Seahawk, Bold Journey, Bold Venture, Diver Dan, The Jack La Lane Show, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Patty Page Chevy Show, The Patty Page Show, The Bob Hope Show, Coke time with Edie Fisher, The Edie Adams Show, Biff Baker U.S.A., Bowling on NBC, It's Alec Templeton Time, Raman of The Jungle, Mandrake The Magician, The voice of Firestone, This is Show Business, Saturday Review, Can you top this, The Eve Arden Show, Sgt. Preston of The Yukon, Hollywood Preview, Stories of The Century, That Wonderful Guy, The Detectives, Search for Tomorrow, Colt 45, The Arthur Godfrey Talent Search, Captain Midnight, Chiller Theater, Suspense, Suspense Theater, Make room for Daddy, Emergency Ward 10 ( British ), Ivanhoe ( British ) The Untouchables, The Buccaneers ( British ) Zorro, Duffy's Tavern, Horror Theater, The Bob Hope Chrysler Theater, Law Man, International Theater, Sea Hunt, Arthur Godfrey and Friends, Boris Karloff's Thriller, Walt Disney, Sherlock Holmes Theater, The Roaring Twenties, The Flying Doctor, Sky King and again many more great ones. Now will you please let me know what I forgot? Thank you so much for commenting back. God Bless.
I could watch old retro Cadillacs all day.
Yes - all those cars were so cool!
Wonderful!
Many thanks!
I worked at a texaco station in early 70,s and it was alot of fun as you got to meet alot of people. the real buford pusser from the movie walking tall came to our station and i filled up his vette.
That's crazy! I haven't seen the movie, but just did a little research about Buford Pusser and up comes a photo of him in his Corvette. Turns out he died in that car!
Right out of trade school I worked in many service stations like these.
Good point, Daniel - these places are more appropriately called, "SERVICE" stations.
Wheres Mr. Peabody and the Wayback machine???? I want to go!
Or find Doc Brown and his Delorean from "Back To The Future."
I grew up in the 1940's & 50's in Richmond, VA on Ellwood Ave. (in what's now the "Carytown" area). My dad used to buy gas from Sam & Walter Guthrie's "Esso" station, on the corner of Cary St. & Colonial Ave. (Today it's 'Organic Small Plate", a restaurant). Across the street was the Carillon Theatre on the corner. (Today it's called 'Cartwheels & Coffee'). Holy Mackerel !! There's a '39 or '49 Mercury there at the Carter gas station in Sturgis, SD ( 1:12 )
Most of these old stations usually had a WWII jeep on the premises to pull in cars in need of a tow
Some. My dad had a 32 Ford model B. He bought from a farmer for $50 bucks.
Also used to plow snow in my neck of the woods.