"The first architect-designed gas station - a Pittsburgh Gulf station in 1913 - was also the first to offer free road maps; the familiar Shell name and logo dat

The American Gas Station is a nostalgic history of the service station and the American car culture it helped create. An exceptional chronicle of the birth of r

In this car culture of ours, what could be more American than the gas station, from the roadside pit stop in the middle of nowhere to the spit-and-polish, full

This marvelous photo history transports readers back to the days before pay-at-the-pump, when the price of a fill-up bought more than just a spot of petrol. Pop

Traces the history of the American gas station, and looks at stations, attendants, gasoline pumps, containers, signs, and premiums.