This Gas Station Most Popular and Busiest Place
Dateca. 1950
Mediumgelatin silver print on cardstock
Dimensions3 7/16 × 5 7/16 in. (8.8 × 13.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2021.065.030
Description“This Gas Station most popular and busiest place in Albuquerque, N.M., on Highway 66, and we serve you with a smile.” World Gas Station and World Court Office at 1717 West Central Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “This is the Place. Pay Less for Gas.” “Sinclair Gasoline H-C”. “Quaker State Motor Oil” “30 Cabins” “Clean Rest Rooms” “Sinclair Credit Cards”. Vacancy sign can be seen outside the office. Four Sinclair gas pumps with glass globes on top. The gas station building is in a Moderne style, with a roof tower surmounted by a large letter W. The motel building appears to have screen doors on the units, and small garages between them. There are outdoor chairs scattered around the shady motel property, and a "Slow" sign near a curb.On View
Not on view
ca. 1950
December 14, 1949
ca. 1950