Name/Title
Gasless station, DouglasEntry/Object ID
2011.42.05Description
According to Jim Schmiechen in "Raising the Roof" first ed., pg. 104, "William Simmons took this photo in July of 1954 and gave it this title. Exact location is unknown."
Photo depicts a shed-size building with a front-gable roof, a single door, a single, double-hung window and brick chimney. The building is covered in siding material with a faux-brick pattern (like Insulbrick that was popular in the 1930s and 1940s). The door is open has has something pale and ragged attached over what would have been the window area. Through the open door, light can be seen shining through the gaps in the siding on the back wall. Grasses and plants have overgrown the site but the unpaved road and cement sidewalk in front of the hand-powered Shell gas pump is clear. Many wooden-plank structures peep between the shrubs and trees on the edges of the site.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
NegativeCollection
William (Bill) SimmonsCataloged By
Voss, MaryAcquisition
Accession
2011.42Source or Donor
Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966Acquisition Method
DonationMade/Created
Artist
Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966Lexicon
Search Terms
Gas station, service station, abandoned, derilictLocation
Filing cabinet
Files Accession NumberGeneral Notes
Note
Status: OK
Status By: Mary Voss
Status Date: 2011-11-14Create Date
July 24, 2022Update Date
July 24, 2022