Vintage gas station Pictures

I Like the Wigwam! Now for some oddness

 

The Walker Tire Company which was located at 501-503 East Market Street in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. According to the opening date listed in the photo caption, the General Tire shop and filling station selling Acto gasoline had been in business for nine years when this picture was taken in 1932.

 

Nice Camero, but is that a sweet little Nova in the back ground?

 

Body language tells me he's never getting any, making faces at her like that Ever! Look how she's scared off to the door panel, as if she's ready to jump out

 

Man, with those teeth, he could eat an apple through the fence.

 

That's the kind of mask I would choose, for a bank robbery

 

You know, it's funny, I had a similar reaction when I first saw that photo.
But, as I read all of the responses it made me think of how sometimes a photo can capture a split second that isn't a real representation of what is happening. Kind of like those old television programs where they asked you to make an assumption based on a frozen frame of film. Usually it looked like something quite obvious, but once the film started rolling it became clear that wasn't at all the case.

The gal in the car? It looks to me like she could be reaching down for the door lever and putting her shoulder into the movement of opening the door. Or perhaps instinctively moving away when she sees the spray coming out of the bottle to try to avoid getting hit (despite being inside the car.) A reaction we have all done subconsciously before.
The guy with the spray bottle? He might be about to sneeze, or maybe he said something as the photo was clicked. Perhaps he's the Star Quarterback of the football team who works at the service station on the weekends to pay for the Silver Nova and was voted "best personality" by the rest of the school.
Who knows? Perhaps the "suave" looking fellow about to fuel up the Camaro is really the weird person in the whole group.

Of course we'll never know, but it is interesting.

 

Jerry Lewis's football team, maybe. Doesen't look like someone who knows what a gym is

 

This Amoco Station has obviously seen better days



this one is in a bit better shape