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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Lost Gas Stations of San Mateo County

Lost Gas Stations of San Mateo County

Cumming, Bruce C.
Veronico, Nicholas a.

Paperback

Series: Images of America

General PhotographyPhotography History & CriticismRegional: West

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ISBN10: 1467161799
ISBN13: 9781467161794
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Feb 11 2025
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Discover the history San Mateo County's gas stations through this collection of historic photographs.

The years following the 1906 earthquake saw a migration from the city to the suburbs, farms, and orchards of the San Francisco Peninsula's San Mateo County. Mobility on the peninsula came in the form of streetcars, trains, and buses but was soon dominated by the automobile. Beginning in the late 1920s through the 1990s, the peninsula was inundated with automobile service stations, or gas stations, where smartly dressed station attendants practically ran to one's car to fill the tank, check oil and tire pressure levels, and clean the windshield. At the peak, the small city of San Carlos had 23 stations. Today, it has only five.

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