Pump and circumstance : glory days of the gas station / John Margolies.

Main entry:

Margolies, John.

Title & Author:

Pump and circumstance : glory days of the gas station / John Margolies.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 x 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125).
Pump and circumstance -- Pioneer days -- Golden age -- "Going, going ..." -- Back to the future.

Summary:

A lively celebration of that icon of American roadside culture, the gas station. Popular culture commentator John Margolies traces the entertaining and significant tradition of gas station design, history, and lore, from horse-drawn pumps at the turn of the century to the convenience stores and self-serve pumpers of today. Particular attention is given to "the golden age" from 1920 to 1940, when humble curbside stations evolved into palaces of petroleum, and the whole experience became much more than just filling the tank. Those days are gone now, but Margolies brings this era back to life by combining rare archival photographs, postcards, advertisements, and other service station artifacts and collectibles with his own trademark color photographs.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

0821219952
9780821219959
9780821222843 (pbk.)
0821222848 (pbk.)

Subject:

Service stations United States History.
Service stations United States Pictorial works.
Stations-service États-Unis Histoire.
Stations-service États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Service stations
United States
Service United History

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Ouvrages illustrés.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 100326
Call No.: ID TL153.M36; ID:94-B1183
Status: Available

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