Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
1954.222.0073Description
Update July 2011: Ecru colored card with image of a service station. It is a small building with a drive under awning attached. A sign on top of the building reads: "Filling Station" On side of building: "Aero Gasoline" "Free Air & Water" "Free Crankcase Service" "Oil-Greases". A power pole with a white bottom is at the back corner of the station & a barrel is beside the pole. Another barrel is beside the gravity filled pumps at the edge of the awning. Two people sit under the awning in front of the station. In the distance is another building with a sign reading: "Garage" Printed in black on bottom front: "Aero Filling Station, Fort Steele, Wyoming. In connection with Largest General store on Lincoln Highway"
Printed on back left: "Fort Steele, Wyoming Old military Post Established in 1868. Abandoned 1886. Located on North Platte River. Fine Camp Grounds. Good Trout Fishing. Largest General Store on Lincoln Highway; where is to be found everything in tourists Supplies - Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Tires, Auto Accessories, Large Frigid Air Soda Fountain. lunch goods, Candy and Cigars. First Class Hotel and Garage. Stop in Old Fort Steele and let's get acquainted. A. Dwight Sager, Prop. Ft. Steele General Store and Aero Filling Station" "Tires Repaired" In blue ink: "Found at Ft Steele Sunday Sept 11 -1955 Carbon County Historical Field Trip. This station was in Ft. Steele around 1912 or 1916. Printed in black: "This space for Address Only: Black square around: "2 cent Stamp Here"
Good condition. Grey spots, possibly liquid over emulsion, soiled, creased.Collection
Photograph Collection