US 36 & Missouri State Hwy A, New Cambria, MO
Gardner and Tinsley Shell Filling Station, added to the National Register of Historic Places April 25th, 2002 as building number 02000408, junction of US Highway 36 and Missouri State Highway A (now 149), looking east, New Cambria, Missouri, March 4, 1949. The building is well traveled. First having been been moved to private property for […]
Missouri Hwy #3 & 2nd St, Callao, MO
Callao Oil Company’s Conoco Filling Station, northeast corner of Missouri State Highway No. 3 and 2nd Street, looking north, Callao, Missouri, circa 1940. Photo courtesy of Danette Miller.
US 36 – US 63 (NE), Macon, MO
Filling Station, northeast corner of US Highway 36-63 junction, circa 1930s. This location was later occupied by other service stations. Shell Station, northeast corner of US Highway 36-63 junction, circa 1960s.
500 S Missouri, Macon, MO
Polite’s Red Crown Service Station, Grocery Store, Cabins and Campground; Ida and Eicle Polite, proprietors; 500 block of South Missouri Street; circa 1920s. The Polites pioneered the combination convenience store concept. Photo courtesy of Rose Ann Cress Masten.
100 Block Oak St., Macon, MO
Charlie Fower’s Service Station, 100 block of Oak Street, looking northwest, 1937. The station is advertising exclusively Texaco products and has curb-side pumps. A sticker on the truck’s bumper announces the August 26-29 Macon County Centennial celebration. Three boys are looking at Charlie’s trained monkey (between the two left-most pumps). A “Texaco presents Eddie Cantor” […]
NE corner of Vine & Rutherford, Macon, MO
Barnsdall service station, northeast corner of Vine and Rutherford Streets, looking northeast, circa 1920s. Through mergers and acquisitions Barnsdall Oil Company’s holdings helped establish Cities Service that became Citgo and Sun Oil Company that is now Sunoco.
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 […]
Rollins & Butler, Macon, MO
Standard Oil Company of Indiana’s Red Crown service station, southeast corner of Rollins and Butler Streets, looking east, circa 1920s. The Elks Club is on the far right. The silent movie Human Hearts starring House Peters released in 1922 is advertised on a poster at the lower left of the photo just above the driveway. […]
S Rubey St & Vine, Macon, MO
Smith Filling Station, northeast corner of Vine and Rubey Streets, unused postcard photo, circa 1920s. The Royal Theatre is on the far left. Macon Central School is near the center (seen over the station’s awning). A horse-drawn buggy is on the far right. Royal Theater. R&M Hamburger Inn and Smith’s Red Eagle […]
US-36 & US-63, Macon, MO
Itschner’s Standard Oil service station, Junction Hotel and Café, southwest corner of the US Highway 36-63 junction, 1930. This image is scanned from an unused postcard indicating 1930 was the year the photo was taken. Standard Oil Service Station, Hotel and Café, southwest corner of the US Highway 36-63 junction, circa 1940s. Photo […]