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IN PAXICO KS,,THIER WAS THIS RV PARK WITH TONS OF SIGNS ETC ON SIDE OF BUILDINGS,,THEY WERE SELLING THE WHOLE PARK BUT WE`RE KEEPING ALL THE SIGNS...THIS GUYS DAD WAS A MOBIL DEALER YRS AGO AND HE GAVE THE BIG MOBIL SIGN TO HIS SON WHO IS KEEPING ALL THE SIGNS IN HIS DAD`S MEMORY!!!..COOL PLACE,,,












more to come

i have another few pictures from inside a antiques store...

Those are great photos,what a cool place & the bulb lit Malibu sign!Wow, reminds me of some weird sign you would see in a HUNTER S. THOMPSON movie!Those are great photos thanks for sharing!

these are my final pictures from PAXICO KS..this town was so cool and many things to take pictures of,but i didn`t have a lot of time,,these last ones are from inside a antique store,,it was hard to get a good picture so bear with me...the stop sign was really cool had coke on one side and the original coke base,,$2400.00...DE Laval sign was $650.00,,he must of thought it was the only one ever made!!! guy was insane to ask that price???












we`ll that`s all my pictures from this trip..txs alan

Halehouse....

I guess you did!!!! There is alot of old gas stations on RT 33 to look at. I was driving to St Leonard, MD and it was starting to get dark so I had to keep going!

Randy

I was deleting some photos off my camera and ran across these; they are all from a recent business trip to Alabama.

The Sinclair station looked like it hadn’t sold gas for quite a while, there was no island or driveway, just grass. Now it’s just a produce stand, I stopped and talked to the lady at the stand the sign wasn’t for sale. It always nice to know stuff is still out there.

Keith

This building was in down town Birmingham, it used to be an auto parts supply company. The building has been recently restored to office space for a local architectural design company. When the building was restored they re made the signs that were on it in the 40’s. These signs are new, made from vinyl graphics.

This one is for all the hot rodders on here. Not exactly petro related but still pretty cool..

Here is a couple more stations from Okolona,Ohio

This bulk plant just got sold. Looked in the window and I could see a 1970's pump inside. No signs,cans that I could see.







I missed this station on my last trip to Okolona.

Still trying to figure out where the Hi-Speed and Paragon were at in town. After talking to a few people in town I know where the Shell, Sinclair, Sohio were at






Ridgeville Corners, Ohio on RT 6. RT 6 was major truck route going east and west back in the day.

I'm thinking this might have been a Hi-Speed station. There was one listed in this town. I was told it might have been a Pure station the late 1950's...Alot of Hi-Speeds were rebranded Pure in 1953-54.



Randy

Here is one more from Jewell, Ohio

Randy

Seen this orIginal cast iron railroad sign today!!! It's in a rough section of Wilmington, De. I bet 5000 cars drive by this everyday and no one pays any attention to. It's got some damage, but pretty cool to see it still standing duty for almost a century

Man to bad it broken up that is a rare railroad sign. Still very cool!!

Forgot to post these!!!! These signs are hanging in a local eatery about 15 minutes from my house..... Nice to see, but probally won't be going back anytime soon!!!!

Here's an old station in Ogallala, Nebraska made into a tourist info office complete with brass attendant.
Thanks,
Rod