1950s America - Old Gas Stations in Color #Video


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Take a road trip down memory lane to the local gas station for some fun and fuel. During the 1950s and 1960s gas stations started popping up all over America due to more and more people owning cars. Americans needed somewhere to fill up all those cars right? From the big city to the rural countryside just about every American got to experience this newfound car culture and with it the rise of the gas station.

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americana, 1950s, 1950, 1960, 1960s, service station, old gas station, old service station, nostalgia, american, gas stations in america, 1950s gas stations, life in 1950s, life in 1960s, life in the 1950s, life in the 1960s, life in America, good old days
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  • Don B,

    Just wonderful memories of when, as a teen, I worked in a gas station. Thank you for your video.

  • iotus2

    I remember those times - I was just a kid, but my dad and grandpa had cars like some in this video. My how things have changed!

  • Pat

    Why don't you have any pics of Delaware?

  • CBarrows7

    Gas stations in the 50s have not gone away completely. Just a few short years ago, I pulled into a gas station in Oregon and actually had an attendant walk up to me and ask how much gas I wanted.

  • patrick

    Back in the 50's, the word service station meant just that- wash windshield, check oil, and check tire psi if you wanted. I remember the one in Mamaroneck, N.Y. well.

  • Ham

    Love this video, Mel! Back when gas stations had so much individual character!

  • CHARLIE G.

    HI MEL , GREAT VIDEO !! - SOME TIMES THOSE FRIENDLY ATTENDENTS WOULD
    " SHORT STICK "
    YOUR DIPSTICK AND CONVIENCE YOU YOU NEEDED A QUART OF OIL WHEN YOU DIDN'T !!
    FULL SERVICE HAD IT'S PITFALLS :rolling_eyes::smirk:
    STAY SAFE ! C. G.

  • Mark

    In Cuba, some of these old cars are still running. They must have some of the best mechanics and body shop people n the world.

  • Paul

    Really enjoyed this Mel. Thanks

  • Lola

    Nice Video of "The Great Times!!!!!" Thank you Mel.

  • BA

    Most, if not all, of these people have now passed. My father, who worked in a gas station said that when there wasn't any business, he had to stand outside and wave people in!! Who would do that today ?

  • Randy

    Ah, those were the days.

  • mercedes

    Wonderful video! I find it very sad that those days are forever gone.

  • Mary Jane

    Love seeing the old cars.

  • sandra

    Those were the years I grew up--50s-60s and that was a fantastic look at all the cars I knew at the time--thanks Mel!!!

  • Patricia Yager Delagrange

    I specifically recall when gas was 19 cents a gallon and my friends and I would gather up our change so that we could "cruise" around all day.

  • Kathy

    Love these trips down memory lane in America. I can identify with most of them.

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