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Happy Monday....

Was cleaning out a couple of boxes and came across something I had picked up from an old bulk plant. It is a set of blueprints for a Texaco gas station and bulk plant. they were sent from Texaco to the station owner in about 1952. The plans originated in 1938. I am showing one of the pages. It is of the restroom and building signs and of the stars. How to mount them, etc. The star mentions it is the metal and not plastic type. There is even a picture in there to show what the finished product would look like. I am showing the envelope to give you an idea of how many pages it is. I believe it is a complete set of plans. I was going to frame to the one of the signs....but, I am running out of room. I hate to throw stuff like this and was wondering if you guys think there would be an interest from a collectible standpoint? I know guys here have built some backyard stations...Anyway, would appreciate some thoughts

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Those are very collectible! Not big money but collectible especially being complete and in the original envelope. I used to have a box full of blueprints that I would take to swap meets and they all eventually sold. Never had such a nice set as yours. Although hard to display, they look great when framed.
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Thanks Tom....Appreciate the input.


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Alex, when I was building my Texaco Denver Style Filling Station, my wife took pictures and posted them on the internet. Ed Pottendorf’s great granddaughter emailed me and she said she had showed my posting to her Paw Paw, who him and is team were the original designers. Paw Paw said he wanted her to send us a copy of the original painting scheme for the Texaco type building and accessories. Paw Paw was at that time in his nineties. He asked her where this station was being built. She told him Alabama. He said, “ALABAMA”!!!!!!! We thought that was funny.

My thoughts are,as a Texaco collector, is to keep them. They are great as future reference. I think that these post are great and we are able to document as much as we can about all the different gas and oil companies. When I saw the drawing you posted, I noticed the approved by signature and it is the same as what is on my drawings. I’m wondering if the “Drawn By A.E.P.” is Ed Pottendorf. Interesting. Thanks for posting this topic.

I’m posting some photos that Ed had sent me.

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Hi Larry: I bet it is Ed Potendorf. Your prints look 1939 and mine are 1938. Mine isn't the Colonial or Denver style. More of the style from the 50s. There was a picture in the file, I will pull it out and post it tomorrow. It is interesting to see the markings on the pictures as to the dark green etc. I have never seen an air meter at a Texaco station with green on it. If you still have contact with her, please let her know that Paw-Paw's work carries on....LOL


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Alex, I am glad you mentioned that your drawings had information about the 50’s and 60’s type station. The ones that Ed sent me also had that era style station. One year when we were at the CTO show in Columbus, the subject came up about when the 50’s stations were designed. I had mentioned from my research that I thought it was from around 1939. The drawings that you have dates it around 1938. That is why these drawings are so valuable as documentation. I’m posting some pictures of the 50’s style station that was in my drawings. Ed had told me they had designed other stations that never got approved and built. I wish I had those drawings! Larry

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These are extremely help full in many ways. Thanks for posting.


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I took out a few more pages last night and had either forgotten or learned something new....I thought the Texaco 6" green letters over the service bays were limited to Marfak Lubrication, Tires & Batteries and Washing. But on this blueprint it showed the options also for Tire Service and one for Accessories. I am going to have to pay more attention to old photos of Texaco stations. The blueprints with the green letters was dated 1938, but updated with "changed in 1946". I had also mentioned I thought these blueprints were from 1952, but there were also documents in the envelope from 1958. Anyway, thought you might like this.

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Good information!

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Pretty cool stuff!

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I bet I a long with fellow members would LOVE to have a good photo copy set=)

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My hometown of St Charles, IL has a strong history with Texaco with two heirs of John W. Gates living there and they had large share holding in the company. There was a local wholesaler, McCornack Oil Co. which originally was selling Independent Brand Red Hat and Globe gasoline. He made the change to Texaco in 1934 and in 1936 he rebuilt the building in the design by Walter Teague which used the white porcelain style panels. Teague's plans where not approved by the Texaco Company Board until 1937 leaving me to believe that the heir's family member who sat on the board had shared the early plans in his hometown which would mean the station that I am referring to was the first of it's kind. I have pictures of the station in my book "Refueling the Past" but they are copyrighted by the local St. Charles History Museum which has a website with more photographs and books. Suffice it to say, that the first station was just a rectangular box with red stars and green stripes, but still lacking an indoor service bay until a later addition.


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