On a whim I looked up, " 'Stevens Pass Highway' It is now: (FS Road #6099) Used as a bicycle path and ends at 'Rt 2'. The 'Sincleare sign of '15cents' reminded me of an old structure I had in the early 60s. Remember when you could buy 'Plasticville' gas stations and the price was: 37cents / gallon?
Oh yah! That brings back some early memories. Dad brought them home when I had some kind of flue and he put them at the bottom of the stairs.
Our family story is of the time when my grandfather ordered them by mail for the first time (pre-WW2) and mistakenly ordered "dozens" instead of "each." There was such a deafening racket at the Post Office that they called him on the telephone and insisted that he drive down there and pick them up immediately.
That is hilarious! Just one box got to my (I believe - Chicken Pocks). But there eggs and later the stew were great.
I don't think he's a lawman, no holster or visible badge. The Stetson he is wearing is still very popular all across the South and Southwest still.
The local Sheriff in the village of Eagle, WI - just west of Milwaukee - did not wear a gun or badge. But, did have a stetson. No deputies.
...and parts of it are the old original Great Northern switchback line, before they built the first Cascade Tunnel.
It's a beautiful piece of streamline art deco. Standard/Esso had similar buildings, but I haven't seen any of those with these extravagant touches like beveled pane "curved" glass window and that much (so old it's rusting) stainless steel.
Thanks, cool picture.... Mine is .... ... somewhat close but the corner window isn't as cool as the one you posted. For anyone with a printer more info and the print file links here ..... https://1fatgmc.com/RailRoad/Truck Stop/page-12.html Sumner
Yup. Round here, that is how folks say it. These days it is basically a suburb of Houston. The town became an oil boom town when oil was first discovered there in 1904. By 1905, the Humble oilfield was the largest producing oilfield in Texas. Humble was home of The Humble Oil and Refining Company which eventually became Exxon. Just a bit up the road to the northeast is the town of Cleveland where the photo above was taken.
My town had a Gulf station up the street from my home that was exactly like that. Even the two bay garage on the left side. We used to stop there for candy or soda on the way home from school some afternoons.
