Day 114 - Old Gas Stations

This sweet old gas station doesn't have a happy history, but the image is soothing for some reason.  The Magnolia/Mobile Service station was built in the 1920's about the time when Little Rock High School was built across the street. It became a temporary office during the segregation crisis in 1957.  Toady it looks peaceful and sweet, like stations I remember still serving our car when I was a kid.  I loved hearing the car tires make the "ding" that called the attendant, who said, "Fill 'er up?"  I loved watching the windows being washed and the oil being checked.  I remember playing "gas station" with my little brother at home!

Gas Station Memories:  The Sinclair dinosaur statue.... As a kid, pumping my Schwinn bike tires...  Episodes of Andy Griffith with gas station scenes... And the modern Pop's Station on Route 66 in Arcadia, OK, with 700 kinds of pop and a 66-foot soda bottle!