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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]
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 ...
After the war, using a network of smaller terminals, Hess's success continued. In the late 1950s, he built his first refinery; and in 1960, he opened a chain of gas stations. [1] In the early 1960s, he built the world's largest oil refinery at the time on St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands to take advantage of federal tax benefits.
The history of gasoline started around the invention of internal combustion engines suitable for use in transportation applications. The so-called Otto engines were developed in Germany during the last quarter of the 19th century. The fuel for these early engines was a relatively volatile hydrocarbon obtained from coal gas.
He had initially sold gasoline from a horse-drawn tanker at the corner of La Brea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard and this became the site of the first Gilmore gasoline station. E. B. Gilmore expanded the business, establishing over three thousand more gas stations on the west coast. His methods included energetic advertising and promotion.
OLCO Petroleum Group – 319 stations in Ontario and Quebec; Petro-Canada – 1323 stations and 200 Petro-Pass stations across Canada; some acquired from BP (1983), Petrofina (1981) and Gulf Oil in the 1980s; Pioneer Petroleum – 130 stations in Ontario; 7-Eleven brand gasoline; Shell Canada – Canadian unit of Shell with 1800 stations across ...
The Cucamonga Service Station is a historic gas and automobile service station located in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Local lore claims it was built in 1915 by Henry Klusman, who built many of the early buildings in Cucamonga, but no documented evidence of this has been yet discovered. The station operated until 1971.
Ronald James Read (October 23, 1921 – June 2, 2014) was an American philanthropist, investor, janitor, and gas station attendant. Read grew up in Dummerston, Vermont, in an impoverished farming household. He walked or hitchhiked 4 mi (6.4 km) daily to his high school and was the first high school graduate in his family.