Gas station in Plain City, Ohio
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The gas station is a dying art, one that helped shape the course of American travel over the course of the XXth century. Some old gas stations have ended up on the National Register of Historic Places, but most of those solely act as landmarks and aren’t operational. Many been repurposed as restaurants or museums or even still offer their original services so visitors have an opportunity to interact with former roadside staples.
Tags
Date
01/01/1938
Contributors
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969, photographer
Location
Plain City, 40.10756, -83.26742
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html