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Pennsylvania Oil Company Service Station
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Elevated view of cars lining up at Pennco filling (gas) station at the corner of State and Gorham Streets to get free crankcase draining and "Oak" Motor Oil offered during a winter cold snap.
January 17, 1927
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Pennsylvania Oil Company Service Station
January 16, 1927
View across State Street toward cars lining up at Pennco filling (gas) station at the corner of State and Gorham Streets to get free crankcase draining and "Oak" Motor Oil offered during a winter c...
Pennco Station
July 24, 1934
Pennsylvania oil company gas station at the corner of 2 North Park and Regent Streets in the Greenbush neighborhood.
Gas Station Explosion
June 17, 1933
A worker is sorting through the rubble from the collapsed Kleinheinz Pennco service station (Pennsylvania Oil Company), 702 S. Park Street. People in the background are looking on from under the s...
Klean-Rite Auto Laundry, Inc.
July 1, 1927
View across street owards the Klean-Rite Auto Laundry Inc., Pennco Greasing Service at 739 East Mifflin Street. It was apparently not a car wash, but an automobile service station. There is a stora...
Pennco Service Station
June 28, 1933
Pennco service station, featuring Barnsdale "Be Square" petroleum products and Dunlop tires, on the corner of N. Webster Street and 202 E. Washington Avenue. Pahl Tire Co. moved into this building ...
Trucks on Snowy Street in Canada
March 5, 1929
View down street towards trucks parked along the curb. There are billboards on the left near a service station, and brick storefronts on the right. Snow is on the ground. An International Harvester...
