1950s America - Old Gas Stations in Color

Take a road trip down memory lane to the local gas station for some fun and fuel. During the 1950s and 1960s gas stations started popping up all over America due to more and more people owning cars. Americans needed somewhere to fill up all those cars right? From the big city to the rural countryside just about every American got to experience this newfound car culture and with it the rise of the gas station.

#50s #gasstation #nostalgia

[cleophusfowler]

Not only did I love the pictures of the gas stations but the old cars were eye candy also.

[HighCountryRambler]

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.

[richardashwood]

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.

[jcamisa]

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

[rainysunday]

Nothing beats pulling into a filling station and hearing the ding ding and the sweet smell.

[murielsmith]

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.

[newportmike]

Ahhh, the good old days. Would trade them for now in a heartbeat.

[petehayes]

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.

[BowWowVideo]

Really well done. Love nostalgia and Americana.

[jeanbeck]

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.

[robert]

I can watch stuff like this all day long, is truly amazing!❤

[davidelmore]

When life was better and we didn't realize it until we look back!

[lincolnparc]

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!

[noway]

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.

[bobwallace]

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.

[leospring]

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

[daveridgeway]

Outstanding high definition resolution!

[gregatkinson]

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!

[RobertGSwan]

Wonderful video ! Take me back to the 1950's !! Great time period.

[mikemiller]

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