Corner of S Main & E Helm, Brookfield, MO

                                      First Pankey Oil Station. 1921. Northeast corner of S. Main and E. Helm St. Enlarged station circa 1930’s. Pictures courtesy of “150th Anniversay of BROOKFIELD, Missouri 1859-2009”.

US 36 West, Macon, MO

Bowzer Oil Company’s West Service Station built in mid-1950s, south side of US Highway 36 across from the Macon Swimming Pool, circa 1960. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Bowzer.       Kunkel Oil Company’s West Service Station, previously Bowzer’s West Service Station built in mid-1950s, south side of US Highway 36 across from the Macon […]

Rutherford & Bourke, Macon, Missouri

Elm Tree Filling Station advertising “Better Gasoline” and “Magic Oils,” northwest corner of Rutherford and Bourke Streets, circa 1920s.  This location was later occupied by Alphus T. Richmond’s Shell Filling Station and Tire Shop.         Alphus T. Richmond’s Tire Shop and Shell Filling Station, northwest corner of Rutherford and Bourke Streets, circa […]

US Highway 63 & State Highway PP, Macon, MO

Truman Edward Bowzer Oil Company’s South Service Station and Café with Irene Bowzer and her daughter, Sandra, in front; built in 1941; southeast corner of US Highway 63 and Missouri State Highway PP (now 1301 South Missouri Street); looking northeast; early 1950s.     Photo courtesy of Darlene Bowzer Meisner.   Bowzer Oil Company’s South Service Station […]