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1. Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources
   Situated in the midst of the historic sixty square mile Smackover Oil Field and one mile south of the oil rich town of Smackover. Although the Museum represents all of Arkansas natural resources, it is dedicated to the pioneers of south Arkansas' oil and brine industries
   amnr.org/
   
2. Central Texas Oil Patch Museum
   Luling, Texas, tracing its roots as a cradle of petroleum history
   lulingcc.org/
   
3. Early Days of Oil
   Wikipedia history of the early petroleum industry
   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_petroleum_industry_in_the_United_States
   
4. East Texas Oil Museum
   East Texas Oil Museum at Kilgore College gives visitors an historic look at the discovery of oil in the 1930s and its impact on East Texas
   easttexasoilmuseum.com/
   
5. Fill 'R Up Collection Images of the Past
   The Thom Hindle Collection - Gas station photographs from glass plates and early acetate negatives including New England and Old America
   imagesofthepastgallery.com/collections/Gas/c-gas.htm
   
6. Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station
   R.W. Lindholm Service Station in Cloquet, Minnesota was built in 1956. Its design is derived from the Broadacre Standardized Overhead Service Station which was designed as part of the Broadacre City project in the 1930s
   allwrightsite.net/flwgas.html
   
7. Frank Lloyd Wright-Inspired Gas Station
   Stafford Farms Mobil in Virginia
   exploringart.net/index.php?n=FrankLloydWright.StaffordFarmsShellStation
   
8. Historic Oil and Gas Photos
   Photographic archives of the Kentucky petroleum industry contain many examples of historic activity and equipment
   uky.edu/KGS/petro/oldphoto.htm
   
9. Ir Grootveld Architect gas stations
   Gas station design in the Netherlands, including vintage and modern examples.
   grootveld.net/tankwash/gbvaria.htm
   
10. Kentucky Gas Station History
    The gasoline station building was created to serve Kentucky’s ever-growing motoring public. Between the 1920s and the 1960s, designs for these buildings evolved to reflect the economy, the influence of the consumer, and the expansion of the auto service industry
    heritage.ky.gov/natreg/histbldgsurv/gas.htm
    
11. Millis Transfer History
    History of a Wisconsin trucking company. Nice picture of their 1950s combination Ford dealership and Standard gas station.
    millistransfer.com/history.html
    
12. Oil Discovery at Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada
    North America first commercial oil well was dug in Oil Springs and by the 1860s there was an oil boom in southwestern Ontario, then known as Canada West. The towns of Oil Springs and nearby Petrolia supplied 90% of Canada's oil needs before 1900, and the oil drilling technology developed in these fields was used world-wide.
    oilsprings.ca/
    
13. Online Archive of California
    Service station images from the archives, mostly from California. Gas pumps in their historic surroundings.
    ark.cdlib.org/
    
14. Powell Airplane Filling Station
    Tennessee historic gas station shaped like an airplane. Restoration planned.
    powellairplane.org/
15. Service Stations in California
    Gasoline service station history in California from the 1960s by Les Cobb
    home.pacbell.net/lcobb/gas.htm
    

  
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