Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Twentysix Gasoline Stations is the first artist's book by the American pop artist Ed Ruscha.Published in April 1963 [1] on his own imprint National Excelsior Press, [2] it is often considered to be the first modern artist's book, [3] and has become famous as a precursor and a major influence on the emerging artist's book culture, especially in America. [4]
Allen Tire Company and Gas Station, Prescott; Texaco Station No. 1, Paragould; Wittsburg Store and Gas Station, Wittsburg; Ferguson Gas Station, Marshall; Jameson-Richards Gas Station, Bald Knob; Walter Patterson Filling Station, Clinton; Roundtop Filling Station, Sherwood; Langdon Filling Station, Hot Springs
The first gas stations started popping up in Wilmington and elsewhere more than 100 years ago, so there is some history there. Come for gas, stay for history: Wilmington service stations date back ...
The station ultimately cost $20,000 – roughly four times the cost of the average filling station at the time. [2] The station opened in 1958 under Lindholm's name; it later became a Phillips 66 station. [3] Its construction was only a partial success for Wright, as his vision of the gas station as a social center never took hold. [4]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Today, it is the only surviving service station of its design on Route 66 in California. William Harvey was the original owner. He operated the Cucamonga Garage and Cyclery on the lot next door from the present day station. [2] In 1914 he purchased the lot next door and built a larger garage with curb side gas pumps out front. [3]
Downey Jr. was 28 at the time, and struggled with a drug addiction. “I was young and crazy,” Downey Jr. said during an interview on The View on Wednesday, January 24. He told cohost Joy
Former Colonial Beacon Gas Station in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Former Colonial Beacon Gas Station in Boston. Colonial Filling Stations Inc. was a subsidiary of Beacon Oil that owned gas stations throughout New England (except Vermont) and New York. In 1922, the architecture firm of Coolidge & Carlson was hired to design Colonial's prototype gas ...